HCC §24-266
List of streets where drivers must yield at intersections
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section lists many streets in different parts of Hawaii County that are designated as through streets. When you see proper signs, drivers on these streets have the right of way at intersections. Drivers on other streets must stop or yield before entering.
The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Schedule 14
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.
Through streets. When properly sign posted, the following streets or portions of streets are designated as through streets: (a) Hāmākua • Ilima Street. • Lehua Street, from Māmane Street to Pakalana Street. • Maile Street. • ‘Ōhi‘a Street, except at Māmane Street. • Pakalana Street, from Māmane Street to the Hawai‘i Belt Road. • Pīkake Street. (b) North Hilo • Kīlau Homestead Road in Laupāhoehoe. (c) South Hilo • Akea Street, except at Kaunaloa and Haihai Streets. • Ainako Avenue, from Kaūmana Drive to Waiānuenue Avenue. 24A-23 SUPP. 1 (1-2017) (c) South Hilo (Continued) • Ainaola Drive, from Kawailani to its end in a westerly direction. • Alohalani Drive, except at Haihai Street and Kaunaloa Street. • ‘Amauulu Road, from Wainaku Avenue to its end. • Andrews Avenue. • Baker Avenue, Kalaniana‘ole Street to its southern terminus, except at Desha Avenue. • Banyan Drive, except at Lihiwai Street and Kamehameha Avenue. • Bishop Street, from Kamehameha Avenue to Waiolama Canal. • Haihai Street, from Kino‘ole Street to the Ainaola Drive. • Haili Street, from Kino‘ole Street to Hāla‘i Street. • Hāla‘i Street, from Hāla‘i Hill to Waiānuenue Avenue, except at Haili Street from a southerly (Puna) direction and at Punahele Street from a northerly (Hāmākua) direction. • Hale Nani Street, from Kapi‘olani Street westerly to its end. • Heahea Street, from Ainaola Drive to its southern terminus. • Hema Street, except at Kapi‘olani Street. • Hīnano Street, except at Pi‘ilani, Kekūanaō‘a and Lanikāula Streets. • Hōkū Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to Kino‘ole Street. • Holomua Street, from Kāwili Street to Maka‘ala Street. • Hookano Street, from Kupulau Road to Ho‘olaule‘a Street. • Hualālai Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to Kino‘ole Street. • Ioana Street, from Wilder Road to its eastern terminus. • ‘Iolani Street. • Ipuka Street. • Ka‘akepa Street, from Pepe‘ekeo Street to its mauka terminus except at the Hawai‘i Belt Road. • Kahaopea Street, except at Kino‘ole, Kīlauea and Kanoelehua Streets. • Kainehe Street, from Kamehameha Avenue to Aalapuna Street. • Ka‘iulani Street, from Waiānuenue Avenue to its end. • Kaiwiki Road, from Māmalahoa Highway to its end. • Kalaniana‘ole Street, from Kamehameha Avenue to its end. • Kalanikoa Street, from Lanikāula Street to Pi‘ilani Street, except at Kekūanaō‘a Street. • Kamehameha Avenue, from Wailuku Drive to Kalaniana‘ole Street, except entering intersection with Waiānuenue Avenue from a northerly (Pu‘u‘eo) direction. • Kapaka Street, except at Haihai Street. • Kapi‘olani Street, from Ponahawai Street to its end in a southeasterly direction. • Ka‘uhane Avenue. • Kaūmana Drive, from Hilo Country Club Road to Waiānuenue Avenue. 24A-24 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-266 (c) South Hilo (Continued) • Kaunaloa Street. • Kawailani Street, from Kino‘ole Street to its end in the mauka direction, except at Komohana Street. • Kāwili Street, from Kanoelehua Avenue to Kīlauea Avenue, except at Manono Street. • Keawe Street, from Pu‘u‘eo Street to Kīlauea Avenue, except at Wailuku Drive. • Kekūanaō‘a Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to Kanoelehua Avenue. • Keo Street, from Wilder Road to its eastern terminus. • Kīlauea Avenue, from Haili Street to Haihai Street, except at Mamo Street. • Kilikina Street, from Ainako Avenue to its terminus. • Kilohana Street, from Kamehameha Avenue to Banyan Drive. • Kino‘ole Street, from Waiānuenue Avenue to Haihai Street. • Komohana Street, from Kawailani Street to Waiānuenue Avenue. • Kūkūau Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to its southern terminus, except at Kino‘ole Street, Ululani Street, Kapi‘olani Street, Komohana Street, and Mohouli Street. • Kula‘imano Road, from the Old Māmalahoa Highway to its mauka terminus except at the Hawai‘i Belt Road. • Kumula Street, except at Ka‘akepa Street and at the mauka intersection with Kulala Street. • Kumula Street, from the west intersection with Kulala Street and looping with Kulala Street, except at the Kula‘imano Homestead Road. • Lahaina Street, except at Ainako Avenue and Kaūmana Drive. • Lama Street, except at its intersection with the Hawai‘i Belt Road. • Lanikāula Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to Kanoelehua Avenue, except at Manono Street. • Laukapu Street, except at Kekūanaō‘a and Lanikāula Streets. • Loloa Drive, from Hawai‘i Belt Road westerly to its end. • Maka‘ala Street, from Kāwili Street to Kanoelehua Avenue. • Makahana Street, from Kula‘imano Road to Pepe‘ekeo Street. • Makalika Street, except at its intersection with the Hawai‘i Belt Road. • Mamo Street, from Kamehameha Avenue to Kino‘ole Street, except at Keawe Street. • Manono Street, from Kamehameha Avenue to Kāwili Street, except at Kekūanaō‘a Street and Lanikāula Street. • Mikioi Street, except at Paipai and No‘eau Streets. • Mililani Street, except at Kekūanaō‘a Street, Lanikāula Street, and Pi‘ilani Street. 24A-25 (c) South Hilo (Continued) • Mohouli Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to Kaūmana Drive, except at Kino‘ole Street, and Komohana Street. • Nēnē Street. • No‘eau Street, except at Pilipaa and Ohuohu Streets. • Nolemana Street, from Kaūmana Drive to Pakelekia Street. • Ohuohu Street, except at Kahaopea Street. • Onomea Street, except at Kapehu Street. • Operations Road. • Paipai Street, except at Pilipa‘a and Ohuohu Streets. • Pauahi Street, from Kīlauea Avenue to Kamehameha Avenue. • Pi‘ilani Street, from Kanoelehua Avenue to Wailoa State Park Road, except at Manono Street. • Pilipa‘a Street, except at Kahaopea Street. • Ponahawai Street, from Kino‘ole Street to its end in the mauka direction. • Pua Avenue, Kalaniana‘ole Street to Lyman Avenue, except at Desha Avenue. • Pepe‘ekeo Street, except at Maukaloa Street and at the Old Māmalahoa Highway. • Punahele Street, from Hāla‘i Street to Komohana Street; from Komohana Street to Kaūmana Drive. • Pu‘u‘eo Street, from Wailuku Drive to Kauila Street. • Railroad Avenue, except at Leilani Street. • Terrace Circle, except at its intersection with Terrace Drive. • Terrace Drive. • Ululani Street, from Ponahawai Street southeasterly to its terminus, except at Hualālai Street and Wailoa Street. • Waiānuenue Avenue, from Akolea Road to Kamehameha Avenue, except where it intersects Kaūmana Drive. • Wailuku Drive, from Kamehameha Avenue to Ka‘iulani Street, except at Keawe Street and Wainaku Avenue. • Wainaku Avenue, from Māmalahoa Highway to Wailuku Drive. • Wainohia Street, from Puainako Street to its southern terminus. • Wilder Road. (d) Ka‘ū • Hīnano Street, except at Huapala Street. • Huapala Street, except at Pīkake Street. • Ilima Street, except at Huapala Street. • Kamani Street, except at Pīkake Street. • Kukui Road, from the Māmalahoa Highway northerly to its end. 24A-26 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-266 (d) Ka‘ū (Continued) • Maile Street, except at Kamani Street. • ‘Ōhai Road, except at the Māmalahoa Highway and Kukui Road. • ‘Ōhi‘a Street, except at Kamani and Pīkake Streets. • Pakalana Street, except at Pīkake Street. • Pīkake Street, except at Maile Street. • Puahala Street, except at Pakalana and Kamani Streets. • Pumeli Street, except at Puahala and Pakalana Streets. (e) Kohala • Kynnersley Road in Kohala, from its intersection with the Kamuela- Hāwī Road to the Niuli‘i-Māhukona Road. • Lindsey Road, from the Waimea to Kawaihae Road to Hoku‘ula Road. • Pu‘u Nanea Street, from Pu‘u Nani Drive northerly to its end. • Pu‘u Nani Drive, from the Māmalahoa Highway northerly to its end. • Pu'u Pulehu Loop, the main road that forms a loop through Lakeland Subdivision, in South Kohala, between its two terminals at Mamalahoa Highway. • The Waimea to Kawaihae Road, from the Māmalahoa Highway at Waimea to Kawaihae. (f) Kona • Ali‘i Drive, from Palani Road except at Hualālai Road, southerly to its terminus. • Captain Cook Road, from the Māmalahoa Highway easterly to its end. • Haku Nui Road, from Hind Drive easterly to its end. • Hind Drive, from Captain Cook Road northerly to its end. • Kealakaa Street, from Palani Road to its terminus. • Kuakini Highway in Kona, from Māmalahoa Highway to Palani Road. • The highway known as the Middle Road, from Kealakekua where it intersects the Māmalahoa Highway to Keokea where it again intersects the Māmalahoa Highway in Kona. • Palani Road, from the Hawai‘i Belt Road to Kuakini Highway. • Plumeria Road, except at Royal Poinciana Drive. • Royal Poinciana Drive, except at Ali‘i Drive. • Sea View Circle, within Kona Sea View Subdivision, except for approximately two hundred thirty feet of the road from its access at Kuakini Highway. (g) Puna • ‘Ainaloa Boulevard, except at Route 130. • Alaula Street, Puolani Street to Ali‘i Kāne Street. 24A-27 (g) Puna (Continued) • Ali‘i Ānela Street, Route 11 to Alaula Street. • Ali‘i Kāne Street, except at Volcano Road. • Ali‘i Koa Street, Route 11 to Alaula Street. • Hāpu‘u Road, except at its intersection with Nānāwale Boulevard. • Haunani Street, at the Volcano. • Kahakai Boulevard, except at the "stop" controls at the makai approach at Pūnāwai Street and at the Kea‘au-Pāhoa Road. • The highway known as the Kea‘au to Kapoho Road, from its intersection with the Hawai‘i Belt Road in Kea‘au to Kapoho. • Kēhau Road, except at its intersection with Nānāwale Boulevard. • Lā‘au Loke Street, from the Kalapana-Kapoho Road to Mauka Nui Street. • Maluhia Road, except at its intersection with Nānāwale Boulevard. • Māmalahoa Highway, from the 4-mile Bridge by way of Puna, to the Honoli‘i Gulch, except where it intersects the following: - The Hawai‘i Belt Road. - Honohina Village Cutoff Road. - Honokōhau Cutoff Road. - Honomū Village Cutoff Road. - Kahuku Camp Cutoff Road. - Kanoelehua Cutoff Road. - The Kea‘au-Pāhoa Road. - Māmane Street in Honoka‘a. • Moana Kai Pali Street, from the Kalapana-Kapoho Road to its southwestern terminus. • Nānāwale Boulevard, except at its intersection with FASC Route 132 and at Kēhau Road. • Ole‘ Ole Street, from the Kalapana-Kapoho Road to Mauka Nui Street. • Puolani Street, except at Anuhea Street. • Route 137, Route 130 to Route 132, except at Pohoiki Road and at the Isaac Hale Beach Park driveway. • The highway known as the Saddle Road, from the Country Club Drive in Hilo, to the Māmalahoa Highway at Kamuela in South Kohala. • Wright Road (FASP S-253 (1)). (1996, ord 96-163, sec 2; am 1997, ord 97-62, secs 1 and 2; am 1999, ord 99-65, secs 11, 12, and 13; am 2001, ord 01-11, sec 1; ord 01-62, sec 4; ord 01-96, secs 4 and 5; am 2002, ord 02-47, secs 3 and 4; ord 02-55, sec 2.)24-266 24A-28 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 24-267
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
LawTrove is not legal advice. The summary above is a computer-generated restatement — the authoritative text is the official version linked above.