Public Services

Honduras's municipal water authority (UMAPS) will close its administrative offices October 5–9 for Morazán Week, though emergency and operations staff will remain on duty to maintain service in the capital.

Honduras's traffic authority is evaluating outsourcing the production and printing of driver's licenses to a private company starting in 2027 to address chronic shortages of plastic material, though the DNVT commissioner has not confirmed whether the move would raise fees for users.

San Pedro Sula has struggled with uncollected trash accumulating in streets, markets, and waterways since April, with the city's waste contractor Sulambiente covering only 80% of collection routes despite municipal fines and citizen complaints about health and drainage risks.

Honduras's transportation authority (DNVT) is rationing physical driver's licenses in San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa due to high demand and a single printing machine, prioritizing travelers, commercial drivers, and the first 100 applicants daily, while expecting new equipment next month.

The national traffic authority confirms it still lacks sufficient materials to print physical driver licenses, keeping the service operating at reduced capacity until new supplies arrive in August.

Garbage collection in Honduras has risen 27.8% between January 26 and July 12, reflecting increased demand for the service.

Honduras's fire service will build new stations in Olancho and El Paraíso departments and hire 35–40 firefighters in San Pedro Sula, where some stations operate with only two or three personnel, as part of a nationwide expansion to extend coverage and strengthen emergency response.

The Supreme Court's main entrance will be temporarily closed this week for facility improvements; the court urges visitors to use alternate entrances and directs people to its online platform for proceedings.

A woman waiting at Honduras's Supreme Court of Justice had to wait nearly 30 minutes for a 911 ambulance after a medical emergency, exposing the court's lack of basic first-aid equipment for citizens conducting business there.