And with all the bus terminals he has visited, CEO Williams says that he finds that each one is in need of infrastructural works. He says in order for them to take on these upgrades they will have to collaborate with the Ministry Of Infrastructure And Development:
Chester Williams, CEO, Ministry of Transport
"Yes I have from my tour of the south and the west, I think the best terminal I have seen is the one in independence. That terminal is in very good condition. Yes, Belmopan's terminal is not too bad either but it does need some work and so I have given some directive to see what we can do to upgrade. We do have funds that are collected at the terminals everyday as you would know that persons pay for the use of the bathrooms and from the use of bathrooms we are collecting close to I think 60k monthly and so I have had a discussion with the financial secretary to see if we can get back some of those monies that we are collecting from the use of bathrooms to maintain the facilities and we have agreed that it will be done. Again it's a matter of ensuring we provide adequate service for people I have not really gone into the Belize City one but from where I stand I can see that there is work that needs to be done and even in the compound itself we need to see how we can upgrade it to pave it as the case may be, Belmopan one, one of the things people complain of is that when the buses arrive there are some of the buses that keep running and the fan from the engine just have the dust blowing in people's face so that can be very unsanitary for people and so I have spoken to the CEO in the Ministry of Infrastructure yesterday, Mr Victor Espat and he has agreed in principle to see what he can do to help us to improve that, if they can pave inside the terminal area it will alleviate the dust that affects people daily when they go to the terminal. And so there are a number of things we need to do to ensure we upgrade the service that we offer."
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