By The Star Staff
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia on Tuesday offered details about his meeting with several agency heads on pending infrastructure projects.
“Today, I can tell you from memory that the Department of Agriculture was there, the Family Department, the Department of Health, the Department of Recreation and Sports, Natural Resources, Transportation and Public Works, and ASEM [the Medical Services Administration], among others,” the governor said at a press conference in Barceloneta.
“So, what we do are follow-up meetings to make sure that projects that can start, I’m talking about laying the first stone, do so, and projects that can be concluded, I’m talking about cutting the ribbon, so that the activities are scheduled,” Pierluisi said.
“There are many projects currently underway; … in the Department of Agriculture, we will have more than 10, 12 projects that we will be doing, for which we will be holding press conferences,” the governor continued. “In the case of ASEM, there are also a number of important projects already planned and underway. For example, the groundbreaking of the Trauma Hospital, that is, the demolition of the existing structure to then build the Trauma Hospital. That will happen at some point in the next two months. We will be breaking ground for the new plaza, the area that practically provides access to the Medical Center -- that will be next week.”
“In the case of Transportation and Public Works, they easily have more than 40 projects under the Changing Lanes program right now,” Pierluisi added. “Recreation and Sports has a couple of large parks, large sports facilities, which we will be visiting in the next few months.”
“What I can say is that I will be very active …” he said. “That is what I ask the heads of agencies, that we remain very active until January 1st, on the subject of reconstruction.”
The governor was in Barceloneta to announce rehabilitation work on wastewater infrastructure by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority.
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