When we last spoke with Minister of State responsible for Youth and Sports, Elodio Aragon, he had just become aware of a situation at the MCC grounds in Belize City. As we reported, someone dug a trench around the pitch in order to replace the piping. Whoever did so clearly did not have a proper plan because almost three months have passed and the ditch is still there. Today Aragon visited our newsroom to say he is confident that he can get it fixed within the next couple of weeks.
Hon. Elodio Aragon - Minister of State, Youth and Sports
"At this point in time we are working to ensure that we get the grounds fixed as soon as possible. So that football players across Belize City could use the facility. At this point in time we have gotten assistance to come out in terms of the man power and we have already source the funding in terms of finding the necessary piping for that, so I expect that within the next week, work should commence on the ground and hopefully by the end of the week we should have that field operational for the people of Belize."
Emanuel Pech
"Sir what was the delay in the first place?"
Hon. Elodio Aragon - Minister of State, Youth and Sports
"Well, the delay has far as I could say was that it's basically wasn't placed with priority, because definitely something like this should never have taken place and I'll be frank with you with that because definitely if we are going to put infrastructure we must have a plan and when we do the infrastructure it is there and then we get it done. The fact that this has transcended for some time now it speaks for itself, but never the less we are not focusing on the past. We are not focusing on what is there, we are focusing on where we want to go with sports."
The works at the MCC ground, according to Aragon, are estimated at some 8 thousand dollars. But Aragon says he is cutting costs where he can by soliciting his old buddies in Law enforcement. He told us that works on the MCC ground will begin next week with some assistance from the BDF.
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