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Loíza moves ahead with a three-phase repair of a collapsed Parcelas Suárez road; 87% of the town's land is in a FEMA flood hazard area

The Municipality of Loíza is pressing ahead with the restoration of a road on Calle 3 in the Parcelas Suárez community, where part of the roadway collapsed from coastal erosion, the mayor said on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, the San Juan Daily Star reported. She also urged the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) to expedite its broader coastal erosion mitigation project for the area.

Source: sanjuandailystar.com and RED Atlas

Naranjito weighs federal funds to finish its unfinished coliseum or clear the site for apartments

Naranjito is asking the Puerto Rico Department of Housing whether federal CDBG-MIT mitigation funds can pay to finish a coliseum that has stood unfinished for more than 20 years, and if not, the municipality will demolish it, with more than 100 affordable apartments as one option for the site, El Vocero reported on October 1, 2026.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas

Puerto Rico's electricity rate rose by a net 5.2848 cents per kilowatt-hour for the October to December quarter, an adjustment approved by the Energy Bureau, and on Thursday, October 1, 2026, the resident commissioner in Washington blamed the government for the increase and proposed four relief measures, El Vocero and Telemundo Puerto Rico reported.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas

enr.com reported on October 14, 2026, that the emergency repair of a failing embankment on PR 110 at KM 10.2 in Moca, Puerto Rico, was named its 2026 Texas & Southeast Best Project in Specialty Construction.

Source: enr.com and RED Atlas

Construction has started on BlueSky San Juan, a $54 million private aviation complex at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, financed entirely with Puerto Rican private capital, El Vocero reported on October 14, 2026. The groundbreaking was held that day, Wapa TV reported, and the developers call it the largest private investment in executive aviation infrastructure on the island in more than a decade, according to El Vocero.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas

The rehabilitation of the Maricao Fish Hatchery, closed for nine years since Hurricane María, is moving forward with $13,195,957.41 in obligated funds, elvocero.com reported on October 4, 2026. During a visit to the site, the House Speaker, a state representative, the mayor of Maricao and an undersecretary of Puerto Rico's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources discussed where the project stands.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas

A resident of the Aguas Blancas sector of Yauco, Puerto Rico, received a new home on October 4, 2026, through a Southern Consortium initiative that rehouses families displaced by the earthquakes, periodicoelsolpr.com reported.

Source: periodicoelsolpr.com and RED Atlas

Barceloneta community center in Palmas Altas clears environmental review for interior rehabilitation

A municipal community center at Ave. MUÑOZ RIVERA, Núm. 75, Bo. PALMAS ALTAS Barceloneta, Puerto Rico 00617 has an approved environmental clearance for interior work. The work is a project of rehabilitation and improvements to rooms the town uses for community services.

Source: RED Atlas

De Diego flood-control pump station rehabilitation in Santurce clears two early reviews, with no construction permit yet

The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) is rehabilitating the De Diego flood-control pump station in Santurce, San Juan, and the project has cleared two early reviews, according to filings in the government permits portal that RED Atlas tracks. The station is at Ave. De Diego, Parada 22, at the corner of Calle Julián Blanco and Calle Estrella. The filings place the work in the department's capital improvements program to rebuild facilities damaged by Hurricane María (federal disaster 4339-DR).

Source: RED Atlas

Authority opens Carraízo floodgate as Trujillo Alto neighborhood lists homes for rent and sale

The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority opened one of the large floodgates of the Carraízo dam in Trujillo Alto on Sunday, releasing water in a controlled way to lower the reservoir by several centimeters, telemundopr.com reported.

Source: Telemundo Puerto Rico and RED Atlas

The US Department of Homeland Security opened a joint facility worth nearly $22 million for US Customs and Border Protection and the US Coast Guard at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to the department's announcement as published by the World Border Security Congress. The new complex stands next to the historic United States Custom House.

Source: world-border-congress.com and RED Atlas