As we told you last night, the top item on the agenda at yesterday's three hour Prime Ministerial Press conference was the announcement that Darrell Bradley will run for mayor again. And a large part of that is government's unprecedented spending commitment to City Hall. In February Government committed 10 million dollars to city infrastructure, and yesterday the Prime Minister announced how the second tranche of that would be spent:..
Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister of Belize
"The streets that government is now going to pay for in the city during phase two are: St. Charles Street at a cost of $202,154.00; St. Matthew Street - $218,000 plus $43,555 for sidewalks; Magazine Road at $119,175; Castle Street at $145,218; Lancaster Street at $45,334; Amara Avenue from Orange to Allenby Streets at a cost of $395,467; George Street at a cost of $450,134; West Street at a cost of $299,378 and the continuation of Princess Margaret Drive at a cost of $1,900,000."
The mayor says that with the additional input from government, 137 streets will have been cement paved in the city - that's 30% of the 520 streets.
And if you're from out-district and are wondering when your municipality will be so lucky, The Prime Minister also outlined additional spending programmes for Dangriga, Punta Gorda and Corozal.
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