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prima:Impending halt to Río Piedras project as Army Corps lacks resources for disputed works

Partial construction continues, but remaining stages pause amid cost overruns, neighborhood opposition and uncertainty over future federal support

April 13, 2026 - 2:16 PM

Residents of impacted communities demonstrated on Roosevelt Avenue against the continuation of the channeling of the Piedras River in San Juan. (Pablo Martínez Rodríguez)

The Río Piedras channelization project, which received initial authorization from Congress 40 years ago, will be stalled once again due to lack of funding, confirmed the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), the state sponsor of the initiative that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been developing to mitigate flooding along the river’s watershed.

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