Bayamón opens procurement for citywide fiber-optic burial project
The Municipality of Bayamón has published a public procurement notice for construction services connected to a project to bury fiber-optic infrastructure in the city.
The July 24, 2026 notice identifies the work as the Bayamón Fiber Optic Burial Project, part of the City Revitalization Program. It is listed under Procurement Process No. 01 R-1, Series 2026-2027, with project identifier PR-CRP-001221.
The notice marks a municipal procurement step for the proposed construction work. It does not establish that a contractor has been selected or that construction has begun.
What the notice identifies
The municipality’s public-notices page lists a newspaper notice for construction services under the City Revitalization Program. The notice was published in El Nuevo Día on July 24.
Its stated subject is the burial of fiber-optic infrastructure in Bayamón. The public posting links that work to the city’s revitalization program and provides the procurement and project numbers that identify the solicitation.
For residents, businesses and potential vendors, the publication provides the formal public record that the municipality is seeking to advance the construction procurement. The available notice, however, does not describe the specific routes or areas where infrastructure would be placed underground.
Key details remain undisclosed
The municipal notice page does not state a project cost, a construction start date, a duration for the work, or the identity of any contractor. It also does not say how many properties could be affected.
As a result, the posting does not support conclusions about service speeds, possible outages, neighborhood-level effects or the project’s operational benefits. Those details would require the underlying procurement documents or further clarification from the municipality.
The public notice also does not provide a confirmed award date or a construction timetable. The next known milestone is therefore the continuation of the procurement process, rather than the start of field work.
Separate from pumping-station work
The fiber-optic burial solicitation is separate from Bayamón pumping-station rehabilitation work previously assigned through the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, known as AAA. The municipal posting concerns construction services for communications infrastructure under the City Revitalization Program, not the pumping-station assignment.
Bayamón’s public-notices page includes other July 2026 notices, including a public hearing and a declaration of public nuisance. The fiber-optic project is separately identified by its own procurement and project numbers.
Until procurement materials provide additional detail, the confirmed development is limited to the municipality’s publication of the construction-services notice for the Bayamón Fiber Optic Burial Project.
Sources
- Avisos Públicos – Ciudad de Bayamón, Municipality of Bayamón