28 de febrero de 2025

78°ligeramente nublado

Contenido automatizado

Parcialmente escrito o traducido con información proporcionada por una herramienta de inteligencia artificial.

Operation 500 feet in the air: specialists utilize complex engineering technique to stop landslide on Luis A. Ferré highway

A team of landslide mitigation experts is working on the project, which now costs $24 million and will be completed in 2026

February 28, 2025 - 2:16 PM

We are part of

For the project, DTOP and ACT maintain an active contract with Las Piedras Construction, which, in turn, subcontracted with Oregón-based Rock Supremacy. (Ramon "Tonito" Zayas)

By David Cordero Mercado

Periodista investigativodavid.cordero@gfrmedia.com

Cayey - In an almost completely vertical position on the rocky surface, a specialized drilling vehicle travels, supported by safety cables, along the second terrace of the enormous mountain that, in November 2022, broke off and, since then, forced temporary adjustments to the Luis A. Ferré highway (PR-52), between this municipality and Salinas, in one of the largest landslides associated with the impact of rains in Puerto Rico.

Products offered by the National Weather Service in Puerto Rico will not be affected, says Ernesto Morales in light of NOAA layoffs

Actualizado hace 185 minutos

For the project, DTOP and ACT maintain an active contract with Las Piedras Construction, which, in turn, subcontracted with Oregón-based Rock Supremacy.

News