May 21, 2021
Phase 2 of Flood Mitigation Project to Begin in June
The rainy season seems already to be upon us. That usually means increased flooding in low lying areas of Belize City. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing is working to alleviate this problem on the south side through a twenty-million-dollar loan secured from the Inter-American Development Bank back in 2018. According to Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner, works to address drainage in the flood prone areas of the city began under the previous administration and a “Protective Work Package Two” will begin in June. Chief Engineer at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development provided details today.
Sale of the two former Milltown firehouses moving forward with due diligence
Sale of the two former Milltown firehouses moving forward with due diligence ×
MILLTOWN – Now that the Milltown Fire Department has a new home on Washington Avenue in the Public Works Complex, borough officials are in the beginning stages of moving forward with the sale of the two firehouses.
“The borough will do its due diligence and have [the firehouses] appraised and see where we go from there,” Mayor Trina Mehr said at a Borough Council meeting on March 8.
Councilman Nick Ligotti said since the project began in 2016, the former administration and the new administration, with cooperation of the Milltown Fire Department, have shared with the public the firehouses would be sold to recoup some of the cost involved in the new firehouse. There are plans to move the monuments outside the firehouses to the new firehouse.