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TMCNet:  BRIEF: Freeway service patrol gets new phone number

[July 02, 2009]

BRIEF: Freeway service patrol gets new phone number

Jul 02, 2009 (The Honolulu Advertiser - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The state Department of Transportation yesterday announced that its Freeway Service Patrol has a new phone number -- 841-HELP (841-4357).

In its first two weeks of operation, the Freeway Service Patrol has responded to about 600 calls from stalled motorists on the freeway, the DOT said.

The free emergency roadside service covers about 15 miles of the H-1 Freeway, from the H-1/H-2 merge to Likelike Highway, as well as Moanalua Freeway.
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Stranded motorists -- who received tows, battery charges, flat-tire changes and even gasoline -- previously called 911. The 841-HELP number is operational only during FSP hours of operation -- Monday through Friday, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. -- and on the portions of the freeway currently served by the pilot program.

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