Who Is Behind Ambergris Caye’s New Road Project?

A new road being developed through northern Ambergris Caye is intended to provide access to one thousand government-issued residential lots, with another thousand potentially planned for the area. Prime Minister John Briceño says the project forms part of a wider development plan for San Pedro, where growth is increasingly moving north. But questions remain about the road’s cost and who is contracted to build it, with Briceño saying he does not have those details and directing those questions to the San Pedro Town Council.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“We came up with a Northern Ambergris Caye development plan and one of the things that we had in that plan was to open a road straight down the middle so that we could reach all the way to the north. We have issued one thousand lots more up north where the land is solid because a lot of that area is swampy and about we should have probably another thousand lots and we need to be able to put a road to be able to get to them so that’s a part of the plan. The town council is the one that have taken it on themselves to start the plan because if we don’t start we’ll never get it done so I think it’s a question we need to be able to talk to the town council.”

 

Paul Lopez

“So do you know how much it will cost? Don’t you have to help find that money?”

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“I don’t have an exact figure so when I get that I think you need to be able to talk to them.”

 

Paul Lopez

“Do you know the name of the contractor?”

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“I do not know the contractor. Talk to the council.”

 

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