Hawaii County’s Civil Defense chief said he will continue to assess whether road restrictions should be lifted as the June 27 lava flow remains calm near Pahoa.
“We’ll definitely be looking at it over the next few days whether any safety concerns have been addressed,” said Darryl Oliveira, adding the road restrictions would be lifted “as soon as it is safe to do so.”
Apaa Street and Pahoa Village Road between Apaa Street and Post Office Road remain closed to nonresidents because of the lava threat.
He said he doesn’t want to reopen the roads and then have to close them again if surface flows return in or near Pahoa.
Oliveira said surface flows were 4 to 5 miles upslope of Apaa Street on Wednesday.
The next community meeting regarding the flow will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Pahoa High School cafeteria.