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• DOT and TSA implement "self-select" program at Honolulu International Airport
The state Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are pleased to announce the implementation of TSA’s Diamond Self-Select Lanes program at the Honolulu International Airport (HNL). The program will begin on September 11, 2008, at approximately 5:00 a.m. at the HNL security checkpoint that serves primarily passengers traveling on United, Northwest, Continental, and American Airlines (Checkpoint 5).
• Commercial Driver License Office Closed September 16, 17
The Commercial Driver License (CDL) office, temporarily located at City Square, 1199 Dillingham Boulevard, will be closed for staff training on September 16 and 17. The office will reopen on September 18.
• Freeway Service Patrol Begins Program Development
The state DOT has awarded a $3.9 million contract to develop, manage, and promote a pilot demonstration of the Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) program. The FSP will focus on providing motorist assistance as a means to reduce congestion on O‘ahu’s freeways. Service patrol trucks will patrol the H-1 Freeway and the H-201 Moanalua Freeway during weekday rush-hour traffic to assist stranded motorists, help clear minor incidents and assist with the safe management of traffic around major incident scenes. FSP service is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2009.
• Celebrating airport heart defibrillators, two years of saving lives
The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has dramatically improved the survival rate for victims who experience Sudden Cardiac Arrest in our state’s airport system.
• New Honolulu International Airport Parking Garage more than 50 percent complete
Work continues on Honolulu International Airport’s new 1,800-stall parking structure with concrete pours, installation of pre-cast columns, beams, electrical lines and elevator equipment.