Speedbump Near Brodies on Regent Street is to Prevent Accidents

There’s a new speed bump in downtown Belize City, and while it might slow down traffic a bit, Mayor Bernard Wagner hopes it will save lives. The bump is located on Regent Street near Brodies. Today, Wagner explained to the media that it was necessary to install it there to help drivers safely access the newly rebuilt NICH parking lot without causing accidents from impatient drivers behind them.

 

Bernard Wagner, Mayor, Belize City

“To ease speeding and the parking facility, having people access the parking facility. You have to have some measure of slowing down for people to access the NICH parking facility that was recently constructed. And so the traffic committee decided to install that speed bump there. I hope it saves some lives.”