DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS
The Division of Road Maintenance (DRM) is primarily responsible for the maintenance of:
- All streets and municipal parking lots under the jurisdiction of the City and County of Honolulu. Street maintenance includes but is not limited to:
- Maintenance of asphalt & concrete pavement
- Re-striping of pavement markings
- Replacement of raised pavement markers
- Replacement of damaged or faded Street Signs & Sign Posts
- Morning/afternoon contra-flow coning of Kalanianaole Highway, Ward Avenue and Kapiolani Boulevard)
- Pavement maintenance to private roadways open to the public as authorized under ROH Article 14-32. Maintenance of Private Streets and Roads.
- The many city-owned streams, channels, ditches and other flood control and storm drainage systems located throughout the Island of Oahu, as well as enforcing the maintenance of privately owned streams.
- Litter containers at City bus stops
- All road sidewalks under the jurisdiction of the City and County of Honolulu.
- Clearing City roadways and drainage ways of debris generated by heavy rains, wind, tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters.
- All streets and municipal parking lots under the jurisdiction of the City and County of Honolulu. Street maintenance includes but is not limited to:
Because of DRM’S resources and capability to perform varied types of work, it is often called upon to assist other city agencies and departments in special situations and emergencies.