And while the mayor went right ahead with the demolition of the bandstands, he's being more circumspect about a fenced area that's appeared along Seashore Drive at the junction with Buttonwood Bay Drive. Workers have fenced in a same-front area which the Council had hoped to designate as a public space. Today, he told us why he is concerned.
Mayor Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City
"The city doesn't have any knowledge of that. We of course are all about promoting public spaces and we are vehemently acquiring those properties for private use because it is a very good public space and we lack public space in the city. Particularly along that drive which is a beautiful drive in the city. I am currently unaware of any titles being granted to any person in that area. We just saw these fences being erected because we went out there because we had gotten concerns. That is something that we are asking questions to see what is really happening out there. That would impede what we had for our planning in that area."
Jules Vasquez
"Will you all move to stop it?"
Darrell Bradley
"Well we don't have that power."
The workers say it is a temporary camp for construction materials.
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