Cemetery Road restoration completed

The Cemetery Road restoration project has been completed and the functionality of the original 12-foot, one-lane roadway in Pahoa has been restored.

The reconstruction work of removing the lava associated with the June 27 lava flow and paving the 500-foot stretch of roadway was completed within the 40 working day time frame, according to the Hawaii County Department of Public Works. The project was also completed within the budget of $150,000 and 75 percent of the construction cost was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.