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The national utility ENEE has scheduled maintenance outages across the Central District, Cortés, and Santa Bárbara on September 5, affecting dozens of neighborhoods and businesses for up to ten hours starting at 7 a.m.

The municipality of Lepaterique received heavy machinery that Mayor Henry Mejía says will save L10–20 million annually (about $400,000–$800,000) in road-repair expenses, freeing funds for education, health, and water infrastructure across its 130 communities.

The national power utility ENEE will cut electricity to neighborhoods in Tegucigalpa and La Lima on August 24 for scheduled maintenance, affecting residents for up to seven hours.

The town of Lepaterique in Francisco Morazán has endured multiple power failures since August 3, with interruptions lasting 4 to 24 hours and recurring every few days, forcing small merchants to discard perishable goods and leaving residents without electricity for daily needs.

A 6.3-kilometer third lane will be added to the main road between Tegucigalpa and Santa Lucía in a L55 million (about $2.2 million USD) project aimed at easing traffic for roughly 40,000 daily commuters; work began August 8.

The alternate highway connecting Tegucigalpa to Santa Lucía has reached 32.9% completion, with 3.65 kilometers paved so far on a L272.6 million ($10.9 million) project launched in December 2024 that officials say will ease traffic for 60,000 residents and reduce congestion on the main tourist route.

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.

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry conducted a technical survey of economically depressed municipalities in southern Francisco Morazán, El Paraíso, and Choluteca to map investment for full restoration of National Route 89, a strategic highway that has been neglected for over five decades.

Honduras has committed to paving 13 kilometers of road from Route 43 to the center of San Ignacio, a project officials say will provide a safer and more efficient route for residents.

Residents of Tatumbla in Francisco Morazán report power cuts lasting 20 to 48 hours, especially during rainy season, caused by deteriorating electrical infrastructure, and are calling on the state utility ENEE to install new transformers and repair aging lines and poles.

The Infrastructure Ministry is carrying out emergency repairs on Route 37/25 between Ojo de Agua and Valle de Ángeles to restore safety and traffic flow on the important corridor.

The Infrastructure Ministry installed protective mesh on a steep section of the CA-5 Sur highway in Francisco Morazán to prevent rockslides and reduce hazards for travelers and local residents.

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.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler met with representatives from 16 communities to coordinate a 100-million-lempira (about $4 million) project for paving and road maintenance in La Tigra to improve connectivity and development.

Infrastructure Minister Aníbal Ehrler inspected progress on a double surface-treatment paving project on the Tegucigalpa–Santa Lucía expressway, intended to improve connectivity in the eastern zone.