The County of Hawai’i Department of Public Works announces that public access to Waipi’o Valley is closed this Friday through Monday, May 25, Memorial Day,  from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. each day.

The County says the closure and safety measures are due to numerous visitors to the area not conforming to COVID-19 social distancing and exceeding crowd size restrictions. Special duty officers and Waipi’o Valley Rangers will be on site at the top of the road leading into the valley to ensure valley access is restricted to local traffic only (residents, land owners, and farmers). Local traffic will be allowed to pass through a single vehicle at a time.