Aguadilla mayor Julio Roldán Concepción, in an annual achievements address framed as his "Obra de Cinco Estrellas" (Five-Star Works), highlighted the free municipal transit system TRAMO, a bilingual WhatsApp virtual assistant, and more than $15 million in awarded infrastructure projects. Citing US Bureau of Labor Statistics figures, he said Aguadilla ranks fifth in Puerto Rico and first in the west region in average weekly salary, at $807.
The TRAMO system, run by the municipal Transportation Department, has carried 57,516 passengers; Roldán Concepción called it "the greatest work of social justice done in decades in our city." Two weeks ago the town launched AIDA, a free, bilingual, 24-hour WhatsApp assistant for requesting municipal services that also gives visitors tourism, cultural and dining information; he said Aguadilla is the first Puerto Rico municipality with such a system.
Infrastructure totals $15,266,899 in competitively bid projects over six years, including the Paseo Real Marina reconstruction ($2 million), Rompeolas Waterfront Plaza ($3.3 million), Paseo Tablado ($3 million), a multilevel parking garage at Plaza Plácido Acevedo ($5.3 million), a second phase of the Paraíso del Cielo cemetery with 400 double crypts ($2.5 million), and the $2.6 million Aguadilla Innovation Hub for telemedicine, telework and digital training. He reported a 55.2% drop in Type I crimes versus 2018 and announced a municipal fire unit backed by a $38,317 federal grant.
Other items: WIOA training funds for adults and displaced workers rose from 20% to 35%; $300,000 will add virtual reality and computers to the Electronic Library’s first level; the Transformando Vidas program has served 750 domestic-violence victims; the first lady’s Amor que Transforma initiative serves mothers and babies prenatally and postpartum; the town will host the 121 Miss Universe 2026 contestants for the pageant’s 75th edition; the Museo Aguadillano de Historia, the town’s first municipal museum, has opened; and a Railroad Route is being developed with Moca and Aguada.