The rains recorded on the night of Sunday, December 29, caused serious damage in areas surrounding the Eastern channel, in Managua, especially in homes in the El Paraisito, El Dorado and El Edén sectors.
Some homes in the area of El Paraisito and El Edén, according to photographs circulating on social networks, were the most affected, especially because in that area the space of the Eastern channel has been excavated and expanded, as part of the expansion project of the Pista Juan Pablo II, now known as Pista Héroes de la Insurreccion.
In those sections affected by the overflow of the Eastern channel, where it has not yet been covered with concrete, the currents undermined the land of the homes and, according to the photographs that were published on social networks, at least two properties were seriously affected; One partially collapsed the house and another had part of its perimeter wall detached.
In the María Auxiliadora 2, Ciudad Jardín and Carlos Marx neighborhoods, some flooding caused by the rains was also reported on social networks, which washed away the garbage that was deposited in unauthorized places, obstructing the capital’s storm drainage.
Flooding in Managua
The Mayor’s Office of Managua, through its social media, indicated that its “operational team is working in different parts of our city, to address the damage caused by the rains on the night of Sunday, December 29.”
The Juan Pablo Runway expansion project officially began in August 2023 in sections one and four. Section number one covers 2.6 kilometers from the 7 South sector to the traffic lights on Julio Martínez, which is currently 50% complete; and section four runs 2.7 kilometers from the El Riguero traffic lights to La Robelo, on Carretera Norte, which is more than 30% complete.
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The work, according to information shared last year by the Managua Mayor’s Office, has an estimated cost of more than 200 million dollars and covers four sections, which together add up to 9.6 kilometers of road, which will have between ten and eight lanes, five lanes. unevenness and two bridges.
In this year and a half of progress of the work, the capital commune has had to witness dozens of damages caused by the rains, especially in sectors surrounding the expansion of the Eastern channel, located in section four of the expansion of the Pista Juan Pablo II, where dozens of homes with a few hours of rain are flooded by the overflowing of that channel.
