Since Oct 21, FEMA has obligated $14.1 million to 12 new recovery projects in Puerto Rico.
The largest new approvals
Titles are FEMA’s own, without its internal codes; hover over or tap an underlined one for the full title.
| Project (FEMA's project title, without its internal codes) | Committed (Money FEMA has obligated to the project) | Where (The town FEMA filed it under, or the agency for a project FEMA filed island-wide) | Kind of work (FEMA's damage category) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads & Embankments Barrio Barrancas | $7,672,058 | Barranquitas | Roads and bridges (Category C: Roads and Bridges) |
| Roads & Embankments Palo Hincado | $2,031,530 | Barranquitas | Roads and bridges (Category C: Roads and Bridges) |
| FIONA/MARIA/earthquake: LUMA-4.16 kV Distribution Line Mayaguez (6501-01, 6501-02, 6501-03, 6501-04) (FEMA's title: FIONA/MARIA/EQ: LUMA-4.16 kV Distribution Line Mayaguez (6501-01, 6501-02, 6501-03, 6501-04) (Distribution)) | $1,611,013 | PREPA (Filed island-wide by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)) | Utilities (Category F: Utilities) |
| Priority Project – DOE 202 - FIONA/MARIA/earthquake: Transmission Line Number 300 - 500 - 1300 - 1500 - 2900 - 4700 - 6500 - 7900 - 8100 - 8300 - 37100 - 50300 (Transmission) (FEMA's title: [Priority Project – DOE 202] - FIONA/MARIA/EQ: Transmission Line Number 300 - 500 - 1300 - 1500 - 2900 - 4700 - 6500 - 7900 - 8100 - 8300 - 37100 - 50300 (Transmission)) | $748,904 | PREPA (Filed island-wide by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)) | Utilities (Category F: Utilities) |
| Parque Lico González | $599,788 | Cayey | Roads and bridges (Category C: Roads and Bridges) |
| Priority Project – DOE 202 - FIONA/MARIA/earthquake: Transmission Line Number 1200 - 1600 - 2000 - 2700 - 2800 - 5600 - 9200 - 13400 - 13700 - 15700 - 37200 (Transmission) (FEMA's title: [Priority Project – DOE 202] - FIONA/MARIA/EQ: Transmission Line Number 1200 - 1600 - 2000 - 2700 - 2800 - 5600 - 9200 - 13400 - 13700 - 15700 - 37200 (Transmission)) | $474,754 | PREPA (Filed island-wide by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA)) | Utilities (Category F: Utilities) |
| Hamberger IV-VI Los Claudio Embankment and Asphalt, Jose D Zayas , Jose De Zayas I Embankment and Asphalt, Santana Shoulder, Asphalt, and Broken Gutter | $401,254 | San Lorenzo | Roads and bridges (Category C: Roads and Bridges) |
| Urbanizacion Colinas del Yunque - Calle 4, Calle 6, Calle 6A - Barrio Mameyes ll | $156,513 | Río Grande | Roads and bridges (Category C: Roads and Bridges) |
The table lists the 8 largest of the 12; every town’s projects are on the Recovery Money Tracker.
Where the new money went
| Town (Where FEMA filed the projects) | New projects (Newly obligated since the last read) | Committed (Their obligated money) |
|---|---|---|
| Barranquitas | 2 | $9,703,588 |
| Cayey | 2 | $730,817 |
| San Lorenzo | 1 | $401,254 |
| Río Grande | 1 | $156,513 |
| Ponce | 1 | $124,799 |
Island-wide agencies had 5 new projects, $3 million committed.
Paid out so far
Puerto Rico’s Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) has paid out $13.6 billion of the $38.9 billion FEMA has committed in all, emergency work and rebuilding included, 35.1 percent. Since Oct 21, it paid out $0 more, and the share paid out did not move.
Source: COR3’s transparency portal, as of Oct 27, 2026. Paid out is what COR3 has paid to the towns, agencies and non-profits doing the work; committed beside it is FEMA’s federal share for the disasters COR3 runs. Every disaster, agency and town is on the Recovery Money Tracker.
The long view
In all, FEMA has obligated $39.1 billion to Puerto Rico’s Public Assistance projects since 2001. The oldest disaster with a new approval in this list is Hurricane María, declared in 2017.
About this list
This is the first Recovery Watch. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Public Assistance Funded Project Details (https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/public-assistance-funded-projects-details-v2), as of Oct 28, 2026. Every town’s figures are on the Recovery Money Tracker.
“Obligated” means FEMA has committed the money to an approved project; the applicant draws it down as the work is done and paid for, often years later, so committed money is not money already spent.
A project is on this list when FEMA first obligates money to it. Money added to an older project counts in the totals, not here.