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You'd really have to take a good look at the road when you come down. I learned a lot about the diversity of the North Road and its problems when I started investigating it. Funding is a major problem to overcome but maybe you might have some more economical solutions. All help is appreciated.

I was driven down it the other day while going to visit Johns build, its a mess. Dont know the feasibility of putting in simple field drains, but i believe the North Rd will be important to expansion on the Caye over the coming yrs. I do understand the economics involved, but a decent rd could provide big economic growth, its a bit catch 22 or chicken and egg at this moment
id be very willing to meet up with you and take a look at all possibilities

I agree wholeheartly. There needs to be a study of what needs to be done engineering wise to accomplish this. It think proper drainage is a must. If the road stays wet too long it is going to get pot holes. Look at the front of Reef Village. No drainage equals swimming pool anytime it rains! I would hope the town board has someone on it with the expertise to accomplish this in the future. Otherwise you are just throwing your money away into the proverbial pothole.

Putting in drainage is a must, just two problems Its never easy to drain anything thats flat and how high is the road above sea level. And finaly cost. It would be interesting to iknow if the road had ever been surveyed. That would show very quickly the feasability of putting in a simple drainage system using perforated pipe

Exactly my first thought. Has anyone surveyed the road!

Continued building on both sides of the road , which im certain will happen quite rapidly will only make the road conditions worse as new buildings will stop the natural drainage of surface water out to the lagoon or sea. A proper plan needs to be drawn up and costed so that action can be taken when monies are made available. Or as in many countries, site owners are required to pay monies into a road fund to cover the cost of their frontage being made trafficable . I dont know whats done here

Yes, I think that this should be part of the building plan before any project is O.K.ed by the town building commission. Who is in charge of this on the island? I can't seem to find anything on the web about the new town council and what their duties are?

I hope its not a case of the 3 monkeys Theres gotta be somone responsible

Many of you don't seem to understand that the island sends millions of dollars in GST revenue to the GOB and receives back less than $80,000 US. That inequity must be addressed before there will be any substantive funds available to address the problem...

Do you mean survey as in determining the boundaries or survey as in extensively investigating and determining conditions along a particular stretch of said road?

Answer to Question A - for much of the island there is a surveyed, marked and legally declared roadway. It is interrupted here and there by large parcels of land that have not had a through-way demised legally through it. One assumes that the power lines follow the eventual declared road but that might not be true in all cases - evidenced by a recent relocation of service poles. In some areas the throughway (primarily north-south) is declared to be 40 feet wide and in others as little as 25. Legend has it that the initial owners of Journey's End were opposed to the idea of a road and in that spirit, built rooms in the intended roadway. A long time ago, and for a long time, many/most of the residents north of Journey's End applauded that bottleneck, but today opinions on the necessity of a road seem much changed.
Further comment on parts of the intended north-south trunk road are that portions of it are in very wet areas - some with year-round standing water.

As for the second kind of survey - conditions, analysis etc - there has been a reasonably comprehensive plan for a north-south trunk road on paper for many years. It requires a substantial sum of cash to do it right, and investors are being sought for this project. Last year it looked like the money was about to come forward and the road project would be a reality. Unfortunately the investor couldn't fulfill his financial promises. The "big" road remains a paper-project in search of funding.