Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority

Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority, a U.S. government transit authority and child entity of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth, serves as the recipient of federal grants for highway and public transit infrastructure in Puerto Rico. PRHTA operates exclusively as a grant recipient (not a prime contractor on federal contracts), receiving awards from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund transportation system operations, maintenance, improvements, and capital projects across the island.

PRHTA's federal footprint is dominated by highway and bridge preservation work. The Federal Highway Administration issued 1,092 of PRHTA's 1,328 prime grant awards, representing the overwhelming concentration of its recent federal activity. Recent representative grants include $27.3 million under the Territorial and Puerto Rico Highway Program (CFDA 20.298) awarded June 30, 2026, for pavement rehabilitation and reconstruction of PR-3 from kilometer 37.37 to 40.40 in Luquillo and Fajardo; $8.8 million under the same program awarded June 30, 2026, for pavement improvement and landslide corrections on PR-765 in Caguas; and $25 million awarded August 12, 2025, under the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program (CFDA 20.934) for multimodal improvements to PR-2 intersections in Mayaguez, including design-build work encompassing frontage roads, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian facilities, and utility relocation. Smaller but numerous awards fund bridge replacement (Bridge Formula Program, CFDA 20.263), emergency repairs (Highway Planning and Construction, CFDA 20.205), and video image detection system and intelligent transportation systems deployment. The Federal Transit Administration issued 233 awards, primarily formula grants for rural and urban transit operations, vehicle acquisition, and preventive maintenance of the Tren Urbano heavy rail system. PRHTA received $18.547 million on August 4, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) for Tren Urbano preventive maintenance; $24 million awarded May 2, 2025, under the State of Good Repair Grants program (CFDA 20.525) for heavy preventive maintenance on Tren Urbano rail vehicles; and multiple awards under CFDA 20.509 (Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit) and CFDA 20.513 (Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities) for operations and vehicle acquisition in rural municipalities.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Federal Highway Administration accounts for approximately 82% of award count and the Federal Transit Administration approximately 17%, with all remaining federal agencies representing less than 1%. About 290 awards are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure across highway preservation and rural transit programs. PRHTA acts as pass-through administrator on many grants, with municipalities and nonprofit organizations serving as subrecipients for local operations and capital projects. Work is performed throughout Puerto Rico with administrative oversight at PRHTA's San Juan headquarters. The source does not indicate PRHTA holds a seat on government-wide contract vehicles or competes for federal contracts in the traditional prime contractor sense; the organization's federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, reflecting its role as a territorial transportation authority distributing federal infrastructure funding across Puerto Rico's highway system and public transit networks.