San Sebastián Mayor Eladio 'Layito' Cardona Quiles inaugurated a municipal road on Friday, November 6, that had been closed since Hurricane Maria struck in September 2017: the Mon Román hill (cuesta Mon Román), in the Los Medina sector of Barrio Hato Arriba. The total investment in the road was $1,400,000. Cardona Quiles said it is one of the projects his administration "made a priority," with the first auction for the work issued on December 16, 2025.
"It is work completed in eleven months, with all the proper planning and supervision, so that it lasts many years in the service of the pepinianos and visitors," the mayor said. At the inauguration, community members welcomed him. He thanked everyone involved in the project, including the municipal team, attorney Christian Pagán of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) at La Fortaleza, Kassandra Pitre of the municipality, and above all the community, "who trusted in the commitment of our administration."
Pagán, who attended the event, said the funds for the project came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).