The Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority (AFI, as it is known by its initials in Spanish) and the General Contractors Association signed two collaboration agreements Thursday during the trade group’s infrastructure forum.
Grace Santana, who is pulling double-duty for the Gov. García-Padilla administration as head of the Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority as well as the Public-Private Partnerships Authority, is a firm believer that the private sector should take over the task of developing new infrastructure projects when the government can’t — but not take over existing facilities through long-term contracts.