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HCC §24-260

45 mph speed limit on listed roads

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This section sets a 45 mile per hour speed limit on specific streets and parts of streets listed in the schedule. It names roads in different districts, like Hāmākua, South Hilo, Kohala, Kona, and Puna. Drivers must follow this limit on those exact stretches.

The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Schedule 8

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

45 mile per hour limit. A speed limit of forty-five miles per hour is established as set forth in this schedule upon the streets and portions of streets as follows: (a) Hāmākua • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, makai side, from a point nine thousand seven hundred sixty-three feet (1.8 miles) northwest of Lehua Street and extending eight thousand eight hundred ninety-two feet in the northwesterly direction. SUPP. 17 (1-2025) 24A-15.1 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-260 (a) Hāmākua (Continued) • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, makai side, from a point thirty-five thousand one hundred forty feet (6.7 miles) northwest of Lehua Street and extending four thousand six hundred ninety-eight feet in the northwesterly direction. • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, makai side, from a point twenty-three thousand nine hundred ninety-six feet (4.5 miles) northwest of Lehua Street and extending eight thousand two feet in the northwesterly direction. • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, makai side, from a point two thousand five hundred fifteen feet (0.5 miles) northwest of Lehua Street and extending six thousand forty-eight feet in the northwesterly direction. • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, mauka side, from a point eight thousand nine hundred twenty-four feet (1.7 miles) southeast of Waipi‘o Valley Road and extending eight thousand three hundred ninety-four feet in the southeasterly direction. • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, mauka side, from a point thirty-two thousand seven hundred eighty-three feet (6.2 miles) southeast of Waipi‘o Valley Road and extending six thousand fifty-four feet in the southeasterly direction. • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, mauka side, from a point twenty-two thousand four hundred fifteen feet (4.2 miles) southeast of Waipi‘o Valley Road and extending nine thousand one hundred fifty-eight feet in the southeasterly direction. • Honoka‘a-Waipi‘o Road, mauka side, from the intersection of Waipi‘o Valley Road to a point five thousand nine hundred fifteen feet in the easterly direction. (b) North Hilo (c) South Hilo • Komohana Street, from Puainako Street to Ponahawai Street. • Mohouli Street, Komohana Street to Uluwai Street. • Puainako Street, eastbound lane, from a point 3.44 miles east of Wilder Road to a point seven hundred feet in the easterly direction. (d) Ka‘ū (e) Kohala • Māmalahoa Highway in Waimea, from Mud Lane to a point five thousand five hundred feet Honoka‘a (Fukushima Store) of the Waimea to Hāwī Road. • Saddle Road, from the 18.8 mile point to the Māmalahoa Highway in South Kohala. 24A-15.2 SUPP. 17 (1-2025) (e) Kohala (Continued) • Waikoloa Road, from a point 1.1 miles mauka of ‘Auwaiakeakua Gulch Bridge and extending 1.7 miles in the mauka direction. • Waikoloa Road, Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway to ‘Auwaiakeakua Gulch Bridge. (f) Kona • Hina-Lani Street, Anini Street to Kamanu Street. • Ka‘iminani Drive, from Ane Keohokālole Highway to Lau‘i Street. • Kuakini Highway, from the property line between the parcels identified as Tax Map Key Numbers (3) 7-5-017:005 and (3) 7-5-017:002 to Highway 11. • Māmalahoa Bypass Highway. (g) Puna • Kahakai Boulevard, Highway 130 to the property line between parcels 1-5-9:09 and 1-5-9:59. • Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Road, from Kapoho Kai Drive and extending six thousand three hundred sixty-one feet in the southerly direction. • Māmalahoa Highway in Kea‘au, from Milo Street to the lower Kea‘au Connection. (1996, ord 96-163, sec 2; am 1998, ord 98-42, sec 2; ord 98-88, sec 1; ord 98-130, sec 1; am 1999, ord 99-84, sec 2; am 2000, ord 00-96, sec 3; am 2003, ord 03-8, sec 3; am 2009, ord 09-11, sec 1; am 2010, ord 10-78, sec 3; ord 10-86, sec 3; am 2012, ord 12-62, sec 2; ord 12-115, sec 2; am 2013, ord 13-53, sec 2; am 2016, ord 16-52, sec 2; am 2017, ord 17-11, sec 2; am 2018, ord 18-39, sec 1; am 2024, ord 24-15, sec 5.) 24-260
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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