The Kula Forest Reserve on Maui will be closed to the public Sept. 21-25 and Sept. 28-Oct. 2 so repairs to the forest access road can be completed, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said yesterday.

There will be two additional closure days in October which will be announced later.
Signs will be posted at all road entry points.
Last year, DLNR carried out the initial phase of repairs to rebuild the road bank and repave a mile of the access road. The road and culvert to divert water from the road were initially damaged by emergency vehicles responding to the 2006-2007 wildland fire.
The road sustained additional damage during the severe rainstorm in December 2007.