FEMA obriga US$ 81,9 milhões para 59 projetos de reconstrução em Porto Rico

The Federal Emergency Management Agency obligated $81,903,943.10 for 59 recovery and reconstruction projects in Puerto Rico during the week of August 24 to 31, 2026, according to the statement published by COR3 on August 31. The announcement was made by Governor Jenniffer González Colón from La Fortaleza. The key word in the document is obligated: the figure corresponds to federal obligations, not a statement that the $81.9 million has already been disbursed, spent, or turned into completed works.

The package reaches essential infrastructure of municipalities and agencies, including public facilities, roads and bridges, the power grid, sports and recreational complexes, university buildings, and emergency protection measures. The governor presented the obligations as an opportunity to continue the reconstruction and highlighted the coordinated work with FEMA, COR3, the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, the municipalities, and other entities. She also thanked President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, and FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton.

The largest individual obligation of the cycle is $20,536,866.68 for permanent works at the Prudencio Rivera Martínez Building, headquarters of the Department of Labor and Human Resources. The second notable figure is $10,556,954.54 to rebuild the Héctor Solá Besares Coliseum in Caguas. Together, these two items show the mixed scope of the announcement: a government administrative facility and a municipal sports facility, both under the same weekly obligation cutoff.

In Cayey, the statement lists $4,374,833.04 for improvements and reconstruction of municipal roads in the Caña Sector. In Toa Baja, it includes $3,696,589.32 for permanent work at the Valle Verde facilities of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Puerto Rico. For the electrical infrastructure under the Electric Power Authority, it identifies more than $12 million aimed at automation, distribution, and transmission, repair of poles and conductors in the Mayagüez and Caguas regions, in addition to emergency protection measures.

The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, appears with more than $2.7 million for infrastructure projects. The document also separates $2,620,991.24 in direct administrative costs for Jayuya and $2,731,265.73 in administrative handling costs for San Lorenzo. These administrative items should not be renamed as construction costs: COR3 presents them precisely under administration items.

Other obligations on the list are $1,742,214.01 to improve the structure of the Old Post Office used by the Governor's Office; $1,682,306.11 for road infrastructure stabilization in Orocovis, plus $970,704.02 for emergency protection measures in that municipality; and $1,618,648.25 for road works in Region 4 of Mayagüez under the Department of Transportation and Public Works. The Department of Recreation and Sports is listed with more than $1.7 million for projects.

La relación continúa con $1,001,096.12 para trabajos de carreteras en el barrio Piñas de Barranquitas y $527,875.85 para reconstruir el Coliseo Mariano “Tito” Rodríguez en Guánica. El comunicado no presenta estas partidas como una auditoría de ejecución física ni como una certificación de terminación. Son ejemplos seleccionados dentro de las 59 obligaciones que FEMA autorizó en la ventana semanal descrita.

The breakdown by disaster exactly matches the announced total. Forty-two projects related to Hurricane Maria add up to $64,692,469.51; three projects related to the southwest earthquakes total $1,029,210.48; and fourteen projects from Hurricane Fiona add up to $16,182,263.11. The counts also complete the 59 actions: 42 plus 3 plus 14.

María L. Marín Colón, executive director of COR3, said that the bonds allow important works to be advanced and provide resources for the reconstruction process. Her statement highlighted the work with municipalities, agencies, and nonprofit organizations, as well as the goal of responsibly transforming federal funds into projects. Gabriella Boffelli, executive director of PRFAA, emphasized from Washington the monitoring of processes and priorities of Puerto Rico before the federal government.

The governor's office insists on turning available resources, with agility, into projects that improve community life and prepare infrastructure for current needs and future challenges. To correctly read this Caribbean statement: $81.9 million obligated does not automatically equal $81.9 million disbursed. Nor does it equal 59 completed projects. The verifiable news from August 31 is the federal obligation for 59 projects and the precise breakdown by María, Fiona, and the earthquakes.