A Portion of Old Haulover Creek Bridge Going to Branch Mouth

A piece of the old Haulover Creek Bridge is heading to the Cayo District! On Friday, Orlando Habet announced at an event in his Cayo Northeast constituency that a request had been made to place part of the bridge between Branch Mouth community and San Ignacio Town. Following his speech, Minister of Infrastructure Development Julius Espat confirmed that the bridge is on its way and will significantly improve access to the town for many residents.

 

Orlando Habet, Area Representative, Cayo Northeast

“I am hoping that Minister Julius Espat will tell you that we also requested and asked that the bridge in Belize City, that when that bridge is dismantled it can be placed somewhere here close to branch mouth so that you can have a close access from San Ignacio to Santa Familia and beyond. So that will also cut a few miles instead of going around.”

 

Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development

“I must backup Landy when he mentioned the bridge. We have now dismantled the section of the bridge that will be coming here and it will come. So, the bridge is now not in place at Haulover. The contractor has dismantled it and have it in his compound. They will have to do some refurbishing and that is where the chief engineer takes over with all the technical expertise to design the permanent concrete structure to hold the bridge. So you will have the bridge. There is another bridge that we are in discussion with the Spanish Lookout community that if these guys do their work properly and myself and we form government again, we will be looking at the other bridge here in the Cayo district that is very important to us.”

 

Current residents in the area has access to a bridge across the Belize River that is only big enough for pedestrians.