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The Tegucigalpa–Comayagüela municipal government removed 75 tons of accumulated garbage, bulky waste, and vegetation from the Motagua field and area under the Carías Bridge in a large-scale cleanup aimed at reclaiming public space, reducing contamination, and cutting flood risk during the rainy season.

Construction of a bridge box (culvert) in the Reynel Fúnez neighborhood has reached 70% completion and is expected to improve connectivity and reduce flooding risk for hundreds of families in the area.

The Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry reinforced 260 meters (about 850 feet) of levee along the Chamelecón River in Finca 44 to protect over 600 families and farmland in the Sula Valley from flooding.

Infrastructure crews built over 1 kilometer of stone barriers along the Ulúa River in El Progreso, Yoro, to prevent erosion and protect riverbanks serving roughly 1,700 residents in three nearby communities.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government is dredging, cleaning, and channeling six priority streams—removing 60,000 cubic meters of sediment and debris—to reduce flooding risk for roughly 600 communities during the June-through-November rainy season.