Also, while we had the opportunity, we asked the Mayor about Duck Lane, which is the alley off Orange Street which the City's Dollar Vans make use of while transporting passengers from Lake Independence to the down town area.

A few weeks ago, the dollar van drivers told Yaya Marin Coleman on her Two Cents Cam series that the reason that this street is being neglected is because the City Council views them as a kind of nuisance.

When we asked about that allegation, Mayor Bradley said that couldn't be further from the truth:

Daniel Ortiz

"I know that the dollar van persons have requested or have voiced their opinions publicly that they want the city administrators to pave Duck Lane. Have you all looked at that?"

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City Council

"I haven't heard that concern and I haven't looked at that."

Daniel Ortiz

"Recently they aired their concern, we can only take it as their discontent on which it was on the WUB 2 cents cam in which they are suggesting that the city council is neglecting that particular alley because they see the dollar van as a nuisance. Is that the position of the city council in relation to that area?"

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City Council

"I can speak for myself, I have heard no concern in relation to duck lane. I don't know in relation to the concern in the form which it was raised. I do say that we look at street and street improvement as being a major part of the city and I will give Darrell Bradley's opinion that I do think the dollar van is a very necessary feature of our public transportation system because it is regular and it is affordable and we've worked with the persons in terms of the dollar van so that I don't have a particular issue with that. I think that is an important and affordable part of our transportation system in Belize. We try to incorporate them but I have nothing in relation to add with Duck Lane. It's not a street that we focus on simply because of the priority that we've had in other streets and it's not a street that we've ignored. If I had the money I would do all the streets but it's not that we say that we will do this one street; we do it in a strategic way."