And while the residents of those 149 streets will be more than happy to see the construction begin, drivers - and even pedestrians - throughout the city will be very relieved to know that St Thomas Street will soon be upgraded.
It's a major roadway that's riddled with potholes and has city residents crying out for help after months of disrepair. We've heard that CitCo was consulting with BWS and MIDH - but that was months ago.
Well, today, the City Admin says the contract has been signed with RodLa Construction and the work will begin soon.
Albert Vaughan, City Administrator, Belize CitCo
"The talking is finishing, let me say to you that I have signed the contract with a company and what happened, 14 days after we signed the contract, and we did that on Friday, work should begin. But the contractor promised me that is this week is holds up, he will start this week so St Thomas Street is on the way. All the talking is finished, the money is in the bag, and the contractor now has a contract to work with."
Courtney Menzies:
"By when do you think the entire street will be finished fixing?"
Albert Vaughan, City Administrator, Belize CitCo
"It won't be long because it will be hot mix, so he told me it will not be a long journey at all. But with these work, what they have to do, these contractors work off site first. Meaning they have to get the material, blah blah blah, and then when they ready, they will go on St Thomas and do their first work, grade, rip, so it won't even be two weeks. What I was hoping on is that we have very good weather this week, that would have started the project. But the contractor is on, we already pay 50% of that, so as I've said, the talking is finished, it's now about getting St Thomas Street going."
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