We caught the prime minister at the Remate Bypass inauguration ceremony today, which was a 7 minister event, that needed all 7 of them to cut the ribbon across the Philip Goldson Highway marking the end of a 3 year long project. It's a 93.6 million dollar project that began back in May of 2021 and runs from Mile 24 of the northern highway all the way to the Belizean Mexican border.
Minister of infrastructure Julius Espat told us it's a project close to his heart, as a minister of a rural area. The PM says that it will create a world of new opportunities for trade and export for them.
John Briceno, Prime Minister of Belize
"I think that for those that live here in the north whenever we think about the, we use to refer to it as the remate road but also the Corozal bypass during the dry season during the dust or during the rainy season about mid so many times we try to avoid using this road but my point is that this is plan Belize at worn that the foundation of plan Belize is about people and how it is that we are going to make the lives or people better and in doing the remate road and upgrading the Phillip Goldson highway it's all about the 3 million dollars that has been invested of which we are grateful to the United Kingdom who donated approximately around 37 million dollars as a grant and working with the CDB. And what is important to point out is that when would you hear that the ministry of infrastructure and development or as many people knew as works would be building something for what was less than what was budgeted and that's exactly what MIDH has done. That they had considerable savings that was used to continue to be able to work in other areas."
Julius Espat, Minister of infrastructure and development
"Who will use the road all Belizeans but in general most of the cane farmers and the villagers that support the can farming industry that is a critical component economically for Belize and as the minister had mentioned, cutting down the cost of transportation for them will only yield more profits for them in the industry which I think is very good but it helps the villagers. And why rural? Rural communities have not received any attention for the past 20 years when it comes to infrastructure and they are as equal as us and any Belizean and they deserve it so we have embarked on spending a large portion of our Budget in the rural communities."
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