Honduras Infrastructure News

The state power utility ENEE will cut electricity from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 2 in parts of Tegucigalpa and surrounding areas for scheduled maintenance on a transmission transformer at the Amarateca substation.

The government launched a public tender for paving 6 kilometers of the Emerald Corridor connecting Trujillo and Santa Fe in Colón with high-strength concrete, a project aimed at boosting tourism and regional development along the northern coast.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government collected and disposed of 194,674 tons of solid waste between January and July 2026, averaging about 1,046 tons daily through ongoing cleanup operations across the capital.

Tegucigalpa Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya is proposing to reclassify Toncontín Airport to permit regional flights to San Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Costa Rica, citing the distance to Palmerola as a competitive disadvantage for attracting investment and conferences.

The state utility ENEE announced an unscheduled power outage for Saturday, August 1, from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday in parts of Tegucigalpa's Central District, including the Altamira and Alameda neighborhoods, for emergency maintenance work.

Honduras will deploy license plates embedded with radio-frequency identification technology and install 40 electronic readers nationwide to track vehicles, reduce the 990,000 unregistered cars currently on roads, and strengthen law-enforcement and border controls.

Tegucigalpa's water utility (UMAPS) is imposing fines of L2,000–L5,000 on businesses and homes for wasting water and tampering with distribution pipes as the capital faces a water shortage with major reservoirs at 40% capacity or less.

The national power utility will cut electricity across zones in Yoro and Cortés departments on July 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for scheduled transmission-line maintenance.

Finance Secretary Emilio Hércules announced the government will provide $120 million to strengthen ENEE's operational capacity and infrastructure, while the utility launches a bond program with a 16 billion lempira ceiling to pay accumulated supplier debts through weekly disbursements.

Tegucigalpa's municipal water authority released a five-day distribution schedule from July 29 to August 2, with specific neighborhoods assigned rotating hours based on reservoir and treatment-plant capacity; residents are urged to store water during their assigned periods.

Lawmakers approved 18 infrastructure projects for Tegucigalpa, Comayagüela, and surrounding municipalities, including road construction, water systems, markets, housing, and flood-control works, with contracts dating from 2023–2026.

The capital's municipal government plans to relaunch the abandoned Trans 450 rapid-transit project as an electric-bus system by April 2028, but transport operators oppose the plan and warn of strikes, citing exclusion from the project and concerns about a proposed $21 million debt for new vehicles.

ENEE announced planned maintenance cutoffs for July 30 affecting Copán, Francisco Morazán, Valle, and Olancho, with specific neighborhoods in the capital and municipalities in each region experiencing interruptions of 5–7 hours starting in the morning.

The engineering firm ACI, which designed and supervises the Pope Francis Bridge on Tegucigalpa's ring road, also designed and supervised the Juan Manuel Gálvez overpass that collapsed in April 2025, raising questions about the company's track record on major infrastructure projects.

The Honduran Institute of Transport will offer heavy-equipment driver certification classes on Roatán next weekend, allowing tourism and transport workers to obtain licenses without traveling to the mainland and spending an estimated L30,000–L35,000 (about $1,200–$1,400) on travel and lodging.

Congress approved a decree allocating 2027 budget funds to pave a one-kilometer concrete road connecting the El Zapotal and Ciudad Jaraguá boulevards in San Pedro Sula, with complementary infrastructure to ensure durability and safety.

President Asfura presented infrastructure priorities for the Atlantic region including CA-13 highway rehabilitation (with $180 million from the World Bank and Spain), the La Barca–Tela route expansion, and Guillermo Anderson Airport modernization, aimed at improving connectivity and investment.

Honduras's National Congress approved two cross-border electricity contracts to buy 80 megawatts—50 from Panama and 30 from Nicaragua—at 8 cents per kilowatt-hour to help address the national power deficit.

A severe water shortage across Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela has prompted the city to deploy 52 tanker trucks that have delivered over 2.3 million gallons free of charge, while longer-term fixes including the San José dam and new wells are under way.

The Infrastructure Ministry officially took over the El Tablón multipurpose project from the national utility, which aims to generate electricity, supply water, and control flooding while ensuring continuity of technical, administrative, and contracting work.

Tegucigalpa residents can now check when water will arrive at their neighborhood through a new UMAPS digital platform, and the city has set fines of L500 (about $20) for first-time water waste and L1,000 for repeat offenses.

San Pedro Sula has no operational wastewater treatment plants despite rapid urban growth, and with the water utility's concession ending in 2030, the construction industry is urging the municipality to secure and develop treatment sites before it is too late.

The national power company ENEE will conduct maintenance-related outages in parts of Francisco Morazán and Olancho on July 28 to improve service reliability and continuity.

Honduras spent more than 1.05 billion lempiras (about $42 million) on pothole repairs, pavement rehabilitation, and maintenance of 2,702 kilometers of roads under a one-year road emergency decree declared in February 2026, with ten contractors handling 56 projects nationwide.

Tegucigalpa may extend water rationing cycles from seven to nine days starting August 1 as the Los Laureles and La Concepción reservoirs sit at 40% and 33% capacity, with supplies projected to last only until August 22.

The Infrastructure Ministry will upgrade 16.15 kilometers of Route N-83 between La ENA and El Aguacate in Olancho with asphalt paving, road widening, drainage culverts, and ditch lining, benefiting more than 170,000 residents.

The state power utility ENEE will cut electricity in several neighborhoods of San Pedro Sula on Monday, July 27, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. for scheduled grid maintenance.

Minibuses in San Pedro Sula are parking illegally and picking up passengers outside authorized stops, accounting for about half of the city's 100–120 daily traffic violations and creating congestion and pedestrian hazards; authorities say limited staff struggle to monitor the city's 2,000 bus stops.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government will begin drilling six new wells to boost drinking-water supply amid a water shortage affecting the capital's main reservoirs, while negotiating with private well owners to add four more wells to emergency distribution.

The National Electric Company (ENEE) has scheduled power outages on Sunday, August 2, in parts of the Central District in Francisco Morazán for transformer maintenance.