Manages the tasks, duties and services offered to the different programs of the Department. Oversees public policy to ensure sound fiscal and operating processes.

All Department employees and the Executive, Legislative, Judicial and Municipal sectors

Program Description

Administers, sells, transfers, barters or leases Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's real estate.

Customers

Agencies, other Government's organisms and the general public.

Provides orientation to drivers and pedestrians, issues tickets for illegal parking violations and for violations related to vehicle dimensions, weight and cargo, as established by Article 24.05 of Act 22-2000, as amended.

Customers

Drivers and pedestrians in the municipalities and sectors where the Traffic Regulation Corps operates

Program Description

Coordinates, directs, develops and implements public policy regarding land, aerial and maritime transportation.

Customers

All the Department of Transportation and Public Works' units

Program Description

Organizes and consolidates urban areas through innovative projects and transforms them into models of performance, efficiency and beauty.

All municipal urban centers and their residents.

Program Description

Develops and inspects the infrastructure of the roads and land transportation improvement projects. Also administers permanent improvements work and manages information regarding the development of projects.

Customers

Municipalities, communities, and the public and private sectors

Program Description

Carries out activities related to the decoration, sowing, cultivation and maintenance of green areas and surrounding structures including painting, trash and debris pickup on avenues and roadways previously selected by the Department.

Customers

Tourist areas, municipalities, communities, public and private entities

Program Description

Conserve and improve state roads by completing maintenance work in the following areas: road surface, green areas, public avenues and drainage systems.

General public

Program Description

Keeps a motor vehicle and driver's registry and inventory. Administers Act 22-2000, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico's New Vehicle and Transit Act.

Customers

General public

Builds, installs and preserves traffic signals, for example: road signs and traffic lights, painted markers at pedestrian crossings, school zones, lane separators and road borders.

Customers

General public

Program Description

Centralize the direction, supervision and coordination of the following programs: Roads Maintenance and Preservation, Traffic Regulation and Safety, Highway Design and Reconstruction, Embellishment of Communities and Tourist Areas and Traffic Regulation Corps.

General public

FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013 ADOPTED BUDGET

The adopted consolidated budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 ascends to $102,559,000. This amount includes $50,945,000 from the Joint Resolution - General Fund, $13,524,000 from Special Appropriations - General Fund and $38,090,000 from State Special Funds.

Operational Expenses reflect an increase of $3,921,000, when compared to resources assigned in fiscal year 2011-2012. This increment is the net effect of increases in the Special Appropriations combined with the decrease due to the implementation of an early retirement incentive program.

Joint Resolution - General Budget resources will cover the operational expenses of the Agency. The recommended budget will be used for the administration and operation of the programs established by law. The resources will enable work related to the revitalization of urban centers, road rehabilitation and reconstruction, and State roads' cleaning and maintenance. It will also include an additional $10,000 from Special Appropriations to comply with Act 267-1998, known as the Excavations and Demolitions Center of Puerto Rico Act, $4,000,000 to comply with the interagency agreement between the Municipality of Guaynabo and the Department, $4,000,000 to cover the expenses of inter-agencies service agreements, $1,500,000 for works and improvements on PR 960 and 907, $1,500,000 for the conversion of Residential Boulevards in Jose de Diego and Verbana St. at Urb San Francisco, Rio Piedras, $514,000 for the payment of a judgment of Joseph C. Rivera Abrams, $1,000,000 for Municipal Agreement and $1,000,000 for works and improvements on PR 175, Trujillo Alto.

State Special Funds are assigned through Act 22-2000, as amended, known as the Transit and Vehicles of Puerto Rico Act. Funds are generated from the collection of administrative fines, handicapped parking violations, motor vehicle inspections, new motor vehicle registration, license plates for tractor and semi-tractor trailer trucks, authorization certificates for official inspection stations and administrative fines related to illegal parking.