Representative asks Internal Affairs committee to take up bill (Project 156) on post‑Maria road access in District 16

Representative Figueroa Acevedo told the chamber on Feb. 20, 2025, that he and colleagues filed Proyecto de la Cámara 156 on Jan. 14 and asked the Internal Affairs Commission to give the measure priority for investigation and action.

Figueroa Acevedo said the bill responds to “la orden ejecutiva, señora gobernadora 004, firmada el dos de enero,” and described persistent access problems to municipalities in his District 16 — Isabela, San Sebastián and the barrio Guerrero of Aguadilla — saying the road conditions have remained serious since Hurricane María. He asked the chamber’s internal affairs office to move the bill forward so reconstruction work can begin.

“Los accesos a nuestros municipios son la base primordial para el desarrollo económico, turístico en nuestro pueblo,” Figueroa Acevedo said on the floor, urging colleagues in the majority to give the project step to start investigations.

The transcript records the representatives’ request for committee action but does not record a formal referral vote or committee assignment on the floor during this session. No appropriation or construction timetable was included in the floor remarks; the representative said specific roads were listed in the bill but did not read those enumerations on the floor.