FACTBOX-Puerto Rico's possible public-private partnerships

June 19 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico wants six public-private
partnership projects underway by year's end, drawing from
dozens of possible projects at various stages of readiness and
using a new law signed by the U.S. commonwealth's governor.

The strategic projects already identified by the government
include:

*-Two tourism-residential-commercial developments: the
Golden Triangle along the San Juan Bay harbor, and the
Caribbean Riviera extending from the old Ceiba Navy base
Roosevelt Roads, to the offshore island municipalities of
Culebra and Vieques.

*-A green energy fund using 30 percent federal tax credits
for renewable energy projects that would have to be underway by
2010.

*-The extension of PR-66, also known as the Roberto Sanchez
Vilella Expressway, from Canovanas to Rio Grande.

*-The expansion of PR-22 from Arecibo to Aguadilla.

*-The extension of the Maunabo highway tunnels.

*-The establishment of four, rapid transit bus lanes that
would ply routes that could hold future Urban Train
extensions.

*-The Port of the Americas project in Ponce, which aspires
to be a transshipment port.

*-Two water filtration-reservoir projects are also being
examined in Juncos and Caguas.

*-A desalination plant is being considering for Arecibo.

*-Waste-to-energy plants in Humacao, San Juan, Caguas and
Arecibo

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(Writing and editing by Michael Connor in Miami; Editing by
Padraic Cassidy)