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Projects in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Below are the "shovel-ready" projects for which this city submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss the project and vote on whether you believe it is critical or not.

The total cost of all the projects submitted by Mayaguez is $342,450,000

Description	City	State	Jobs	Cost	Program Type	Vote Ratio
Construction of an overpass over the three intersections providing access to the Mayaguez Mall along PR-2. This is one of the main projects to convert PR-2 to an expressway. PR-2 is the major artery that crosses the city of Mayaguez from North to South.	Mayaguez	PR	300	$52,000,000	Streets/Roads	11
Construction of an overpass over the intersection between PR-2 and Corazones Avenue. This is one of the busiest intersections along PR-2.	Mayaguez	PR	200	$25,000,000	Streets/Roads	4
Construction of an overpass over the intersection that provides the primary access to the Mayaguez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico along PR-2. Current daily average traffic along this intersection approaches 90,000 vehicles. Current facilities w	Mayaguez	PR	200	$25,000,000	Streets/Roads	20
Construction of an overpass over the intersection of Duscombe Ave. and PR-2. Another busy intersection along PR-2.	Mayaguez	PR	200	$13,000,000	Streets/Roads	2
Extension of the Eudaldo Baez Garcia Boulevard. First phase was completed a number of years ago, and will serve to feed traffic into the center of town from the South.	Mayaguez	PR	150	$12,000,000	Streets/Roads	6
Construction of a connector between PR-2 and PR-102, along Carolina Street. This will provide much needed access to over 2,000 citizens living along PR-102, and an escape route in case of a tsunami.	Mayaguez	PR	150	$10,000,000	Streets/Roads	5
Widening of Nenadich Street. This is one of the City's main arteries, which currently has only two lanes.	Mayaguez	PR	150	$8,000,000	Streets/Roads	3
New connector between Ramon Emeterio Betances Street and Hiram Cabassa Street. This connector will alleviate traffic along the area.	Mayaguez	PR	100	$5,000,000	Streets/Roads	-2
Improvements to sewers systems in the Rio Hondo, Miradero, La Salud and Buena Vista Wards.	Mayaguez	PR	100	$8,000,000	Water	2
Construction of ten (10) fresh water tanks. Nearly seventy percent of the municipality is on high ground, where fresh water services is deficient. These tanks will be located at selected sites around the municipality in order to ensure a continuous fres	Mayaguez	PR	100	$5,000,000	Water	0
Construction of ten (10) pumping stations to support the water tanks.	Mayaguez	PR	25	$100,000	Water	0
Runway extension and other improvements. Current runway is 5,000 feet long, 8,000 feet are required along with other improvements to runway.	Mayaguez	PR	100	$5,000,000	Airport	14
Construction of new Emergency and Fire fighting facilities building	Mayaguez	PR	100	$3,000,000	Airport	2
Improvements to Airport access road.	Mayaguez	PR	50	$1,500,000	Airport	2
New firefighting equipment.	Mayaguez	PR	20	$1,000,000	Airport	3
Additional recreational and administrative facilities for the support of the XXI Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in Mayaguez on July 2010	Mayaguez	PR	200	$25,000,000	CDBG	3
Construction of facililties for the elderly combined with commercial area and moderate income housing in a downtown area under renovation.	Mayaguez	PR	200	$25,000,000	CDBG	-1
Relocation of aerial electric and other utilities lines to underground in downtown area.	Mayaguez	PR	200	$20,000,000	CDBG	4
Dredging of the channel of the Port facilities in order to bring the depth from thrity one (31) to thirty five (35) feet, thus allowing larger vessels to visit our port. If possible, to improve some of the existing port favilities.	Mayaguez	PR	100	$10,000,000	CDBG	3
Low income multi-family housing projects near the center of town. Several small projects are planned for rundown locations around that area.	Mayaguez	PR	150	$10,000,000	CDBG	2
Miscellaneous downtown urban renewal projects. Renovation of old structures to meet current demand for commercial as well as moderate income housing.	Mayaguez	PR	200	$10,000,000	CDBG	1
Parking facilities near the center of town.	Mayaguez	PR	100	$5,000,000	CDBG	-1
Construction of the second phase of a bicycle path along the Yaguez River. The first phase was build a few years ago, and this second phase will connect the center of town with the Mayaguez Bay and other passive recreational facilities under construction	Mayaguez	PR	100	$8,000,000	Energy	4
Conversion of public parks and other public facilities to solar/LED lighting.	Mayaguez	PR	20	$5,000,000	Energy	0
Methane collection system for landfill.	Mayaguez	PR	20	$2,000,000	Energy	4
Conversion of Municipal Offices from fluorescent lamps to LED's.	Mayaguez	PR	10	$150,000	Energy	1
Modify downtown streets to accommodate large capacity buses for an inter-city mass transit system.	Mayaguez	PR	300	$40,000,000	Transit	-2
Acquisition of twenty (20) buses for Municipal Public Transportation System that will transport citizens from outlying areas to the center of the town. Six (6) different routes are being contemplated.	Mayaguez	PR	150	$8,000,000	Transit	3
Acquisition of four (4) :vintage trolley" type buses for two routes around the center of town.	Mayaguez	PR	10	$700,000	Transit	-6

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