Nuevo San Juan, Honduras

The South Bay Annex of EWB-SFP is engaged in the design phase of a bridge in the community of Nuevo San Juan in the Sula Valley in northwestern Honduras. They are working alongside their community partners at the NGO Global Community Development (GCD) on this project, which seeks to replace an existing narrow, structurally deficient bridge. The existing bridge was rapidly constructed in the aftermath of Hurricane Felix in 2007, when the original bridge was washed away with the flood. The team seeks to design and construct a new wider, safer bridge that will provide reliable access to and from the community accommodating both vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Additionally, the bridge will provide an elevated emergency evacuation route for the community in the event of future floods. Their first assessment trip occurred in November 2008, during which they collected pertinent design information and met with stakeholders.