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Residential, Infrastructure, Government
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
Residential, Development, Government
Puerto Rico's governor delivered a rebuilt two-bedroom home to its owner in Bayamón on Friday, October 9, 2026, a house rebuilt for $424,000 in federal money that drew sharp criticism on social media, notiuno.com reported. The housing secretary, a representative and a senator joined the governor at the handover.
Source: NotiUno and RED Atlas
Development, Infrastructure, Government
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
Yabucoa - Development, Infrastructure, Government
Yabucoa's municipal cemetery is the site of a public works project to remodel its entrances, and the project has cleared an environmental review, according to permit filings analysed by RED Atlas. The sponsor is the Municipio de Yabucoa, and the project, Rehabilitación Cementerio Municipal, Yabucoa, sits at Calle, Núm. 1, Urb. Reparto Horizonte, Bo. Pueblo Yabucoa, Puerto Rico 00767.
Source: RED Atlas
Residential, Infrastructure, Government
Water rationing with rotating 48-hour shutoffs had reached more than 180,000 households in parts of the San Juan metropolitan area by August 10, 2026, three days after it began on Friday, August 7, ntd.com reported on August 10. The governor had declared a state of emergency on July 31.
Source: NTD and RED Atlas
Infrastructure, Government
The House Speaker and the representative for District 11, which covers Dorado, Vega Alta and Vega Baja, planned to visit the Manuel 'Nolo' Morales public beach in Dorado on Friday, October 16, to set a path for rehabilitating and restoring it, metro.pr reported on October 12. The beach sits on state road PR-697 in the Costa de Oro sector.
Source: Metro Puerto Rico and RED Atlas
Residential, Development, Government
The executive director of Puerto Rico's Autoridad para el Financiamiento de la Vivienda said about fifteen hundred affordable housing units were impacted over the past twenty-two months, and he singled out a project for older adults on Ponce de León in San Juan, elvocero.com reported.
Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas
Ceiba - Development, Infrastructure, Government
The public body redeveloping the former Roosevelt Roads naval station has two approved filings for a project of improvements to the station's electric power grid, according to permit filings analysed by RED Atlas. The project is Roosevelt Roads Electrical Power Grid Improvements - FEMA PA DR-4339 Project 95275, at Carr. PR-3, Km 51.4, Bo. Ceiba, Puerto Rico 00735.
Source: RED Atlas