As we told you last night, after the rains battered the city's already dilapidated streets - the Ministry of Works and the City council are teaming up for major rehabilitation and capital works - need we say it? - just in time for elections.
An initial assessment has been made, and yesterday councilor with responsibility for street maintenance Dean Samuels told us what's next:..
Dean Samuels, Councilor
"There are some of the streets that definitely will be capital projects, as per say. The Partridge Street extension definitely that's a capital project, definitely the Ministry of Works will be dealing with that one specifically. The Belize City council will be dealing with streets in the residential areas that definitely won't be as cost effective. So those are the streets we are definitely looking to addressed, in the Lake Independence area especially there is a lot of streets that need proper drainage, proper culvert and resurfacing, so those we will be dealing with."
"The ministry of work will be doing some work as the PM said in the Caribbean Shores area, let me list some of these streets definitely that will be done and these streets will be paved, these ones that I am listing will be paved. You have the Princess Margaret Drive that's right across from BTL, that section is pretty low. Whenever we have weather it deteriorates rapidly, that will be paved."
"You have Independence and Sea Shore drive, which will be paved, Lizaragga Avenue will be paved, Vasquez Avenue, Smith Street will be paved, Sunrise Avenue that will be paved also, you also have Applestar that will be paved Rivero Street that's in the Queen Square area, definitely that will be paved."
"So basically these will be done by the ministry of works, these pave streets will be done by the ministry of works. What I was asked by the minister of works to do was personally go into the different divisions, find the streets that are in more dire need and these are the streets that definitely will be getting done by the city council."
"The Prime Minister basically said the morning that he will be assisting the Belize city council with over I believe of $150,000.00 worth of material to help to get the work done."
A total of about 75 streets throughout the city have been designated for works.
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