The military and local officials are getting serious about reestablishing a key emergency evacuation route for Leeward Oahu ...

U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii and its partners conducted a full-scale exercise simulating an emergency evacuation of Oahu’s ...

How could 80,000 people get transported off the Leeward Coast? The answer is the Kolekole Pass. Dozens of federal, state, and ...

KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM The road through Kolekole Pass is a narrow ... state Department of Transportation, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Honolulu Department of Emergency ...

Officials conducted a full-scale emergency exercise to test Kolekole Pass as a potential evacuation route for West Oahu communities in the event of a major disaster.

everything would begin with the City and County of Honolulu reaching out to the U.S. Army to request access to Kolekole Pass,“ said Col. Rachel Sullivan, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii.

U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii and its partners conducted a full-scale exercise simulating an emergency evacuation of Oahu’s west side through Kolekole Pass on Feb. 5 according to a release by the U.S.

It involved personnel and vehicles from the Army, Navy, state Department of Transportation, Hawaii Emergency Management ... reinforce and repair the Kolekole Pass so it may be used for emergency ...