There’s more change on the horizon for Belize’s public transport system—this time, it’s the infrastructure getting a closer look. On Wednesday, Transport C.E.O. Chester Williams and a team of officials toured the Belize City bus terminal, identifying key areas in need of renovation. Top of the list? The bathroom facilities and the drainage system on the compound. But the upgrades won’t stop there. Williams says the Ministry of Transport is committed to improving all transport department facilities across the country, ensuring safe, clean, and functional spaces for both commuters and employees.
Chester Williams, CEO, Ministry of Transport
“Basically we’re going around myself and the management team at the ministry to look at the different infrastructure that the ministry has across the country. We have been to the southern part of the country and the western part of the country, and still nowhere in the eastern part. Belize district in particular, looking at the terminal infrastructure to see what is there to be done, to uplift the terminal. The terminals are places where our commuters travels through every day as they commute to and from work. And so we need to make sure that this is a state of good repairs. So that when our commuters do use the facility, they are comfortable using it. Again, we are also looking at the traffic department to see what, if anything can be done to upgrade the working environment of the traffic officers. Again, if we want people to be able to perform at optimal level, we have to ensure that we provide necessary resources for them to be able to do and so the main objective of our tour is twofold, looking at the terminals infrastructure and looking at the traffic department infrastructure.”
