P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 138
The Highways and Transportation Authority is hereby directed to study the access routes existing in the area of the proposed biological corridors and buffer zones. It is further provided that they shall evaluate and submit to the Secretary, alternate detours, routes or any other solution addressed to protect the integrity of said area, predicated on a conviction that to bisect the natural areas is counterproductive to these systems. These options shall be presented to the communities concerned at the public hearings to be held prior to the preparation of the regulations referred to in § 137 of this title.
After having received the input of the persons concerned in the public hearings, the Highways Authority and the Department of Transportation and Public Works shall determine, as pertains to their respective powers, the routes, detours, or any other solution that shall be implemented to protect the designated area that comprises the biological corridors and buffer zones.
History —Jan. 9, 1999, No. 14, § 6.