Work along Vineyard Boulevard will address paving, striping

Road closures on Vineyard Boulevard at Nuuanu Avenue and Punchbowl and Palama streets will be in place 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday for repaving and restriping work.

Lanes will be closed in both directions at the Punchbowl and Nuuanu intersection areas for work ranging from reconstruction of weakened pavement to roadway repaving. At the Palama Street intersection, lanes in the eastbound direction will be closed for temporary striping, transportation officials said.

Drivers are advised to use the H-1 freeway, Beretania and King streets as alternate routes.

Roadwork is weather permitting.

The Vineyard Boulevard project also includes replacing damaged curbs, gutters and sidewalks, installing new bus pads and loop detectors and replacing existing traffic signal heads with new, energy-efficient, LED optical units.

Project updates will be available on the Department of Transportation website at hidot.hawaii.gov.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Lava flow gains 50 more yards

Kilauea Volcano’s June 27th lava flow advanced another 50 yards northeast between Friday and Saturday, according to Hawaii County Civil Defense.

An aerial assessment conducted late Saturday morning found the narrow front of the flow in an area of relatively light vegetation east of the forest line. There was little burning activity along the front of the flow, Civil Defense reported.

A second breakout along the north of the flow advanced about 30 yards during the same period but remains behind the front of the flow.

According to Civil Defense, the current flow activity does not pose an immediate threat to communities in the lower Puna area.

The public is reminded that the flow cannot be accessed from any public areas. Access to the Kaohe Homesteads subdivision remains restricted to area residents.

Meanwhile, Kilauea continued to erupt at its summit and within the East Rift Zone.

Tiltmeters at the summit recorded a deflationary ground tilt on Saturday morning, which follows a change in direction from the previous evening.

Tilt events — ground swelling and deflation — are believed to be linked to changes in magma supply to a storage reservoir just east of Halemaumau Crater.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recorded no significant change in ground tilt at the Puu Oo cone between Friday and Saturday. Glow was visible from several outgassing openings in the crater floor overnight.