And one of the council's first chanced to show that transparency is in its first major project, which is re-paving Holy Emanuel Street. That runs from La Croix Boulevard to Lake I Boulevard - which links to the new Chetumal Street Bridge. It's a major road - which was poorly paved a few years ago - and now has to be re-done. Arnold says he expects that they will do a stellar and cost effective job of re-paving it:..
Oscar Arnold - Deputy Mayor, Belize City
"Preliminary works have already started where the studies have been conducted for paving Holy Emmanuel Street. For those of you who don't know where Holy Emmanuel Street is located, it is the street that passes through the Gungulung area that connects La Croix Boulevard to the 3.8 million dollar calamity that is now known as the Lake I Boulevard. So we will show that we can pave this street at far less cost and better workmanship."
Jules Vasquez
"Has a contract been awarded? Was it put out to tender? If it was, will the tenders be posted if it was not? Will the contract be posted?"
Oscar Arnold
"A contract has not been signed yet. The preliminary works by one of the local street contractors has been done and they have to present that to us. What we've understood is that the preliminary works have been done, we're just waiting on the report and from what we know and from the preliminary figures that we are hearing, it looks as if though it will be a done deal and will be far, far cheaper than what we're use to in the past."
Jules Vasquez
"So it won't be put out to tender?"
Oscar Arnold
"We will yes."
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