Thanks everyone for the positive feedback, keep it coming. I want everyone's input
Yes we can look at a 10 year plan, but right now and understandably so I think the New Mayor has enough on his plate for the moment.
I approached him and town council and they said if we want to go ahead and try to improve the road within reason we can go ahead and he will support us, except he has no budget for the north road.
So we can either do it ourselves now, or as champion suggests approach the Mayor to add a LID tax.
I would prefer we all pitch in and the money goes directly into the road and not some circuitous route through TC. FEEDBACK??
I have been driving the road from the bridge right to the end at sapphire beach.
Some of the road we do not have to touch, its fine, high and dry even with all these rains. The further North you head the higher the Island elevates and the ground is much more solid.
exept for a few big ponds, the road is pretty solid past mile 7 or so
We have an excellent working test model that has been there for several years. I am talking about Grand Belizean Estates. It been holding up well and requires little maintenance. Granted it dosen't get much traffic, however it is good and solid and fairly smooth still after all these years with little or no maintenance.
We can just copy their construction model as we know it works.
Some parts have to be filled. Some like the where the road curves back to the lagoon near Portofino's are going to need the GBE touch while others are just big potholes we have to fill with gravel.
The Reef Village road needs to be raised with a couple of small culverts to allow the water to pass especially back of the theater where it tends to flood and at the North end of Reef near Funky Monkey.
We have some deep and long puddles Starting north of Costa Maya. Lets level those out and make a solid bed. So what if you have to drive through a couple of inches of water.
People at Disney World pay big $ to go on the Jungle adventure ride.. this one's free.
It's all the way you look at it.
What can we do with 4,100.
not a whole lot but it's a start and as others see the difference I think they will jump on the bandwagon. IF not we will shun them
a load of gravel is about 350-400bz more or less.
that's about 10 loads a month on a reserve month.
Culverts,, this is where maybe Town Council can help us with getting them at cost and possibly duty free.
There are tons of day laborers around the Island that we can hire to shovel gravel and help them out.
I worked a lot on low budget Indy Films and as such know how to beg, borrow, and beg some more for favors and stuff.
This is where the neighborhood can pitch in. almost everyone has a wheelbarrow and shovels that we may call upon you to borrow, Stuff like that
The master architect herself, Mother Nature has already laid out the blueprints of where the culverts have to go.
Someone suggested maybe an adopt a road program where you can sponsors a section of the road.
Keep the feedback coming road runners.