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Mayor Laments Situation With Lake I Boulevard
posted (October 19, 2017)
And while the Mayor has to bear the blame for whatever shortfalls there are in the city's cement streets - that's nothing compared to the hot potato that was put into the lap of the Manager of Belize Infrastructure Limited, Christy Mastry yesterday.

The Ministry of Works Engineer said BIL is responsible for the failure on Lake Independence Boulevard - which is the one coming off the Chetumal Street Bridge. The Prime Minister told the media to talk to Christ Mastry - who tried to avoid the Blame game when we spoke with her.

But it all falls within Belize City, and the mayor says this fiasco is an example of why there needs to be more transparency in public works:...

Darrell Bradley, Mayor - Belize City
"I, again drive on Lake Independence Boulevard and as a citizen I have to be appalled by it. And I would want there to be answers that would be provided and I would want there to be sufficient systems, protocols, mechanisms and assurances given that when public funds are spent on any project it would be spent in the most cost effective manner. But again, I don't know the particular problems and I think that as a community we face these challenges on a regular basis and we deal with them on a one-off basis. We should deal with them strategically and we should try to put in place the proper legislation and the proper protocols so that when contracts are awarded, we know that they are awarded to the most qualified person."

For the record, the mayor has promised for years to publish the tenders for city roadworks contracts on the Council website - but we have never seen even one posted.

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