And yesterday we also asked the prime minister about the lagoon in the Pasadita area of Orange Walk. It serves as a water catchment for the town which mitigates flooding. However, there are reported that the area has been surveyed. We asked the PM about the proposed development, and he said, it ain't gonna happen.
John Briceno, Prime Minister
"Well I want to make it very clear that that will not happen. I have already asked the DPM to stop it and whosoever the person is that's surveying has to stop. I believe that the government should acquire that land, because it's privately owned. I think maybe we have bought a little piece but I think we need to acquire that whole area and do some work, fix it up, so that it could be a natural pond because what we have done, is that we have connected that pond onto the Yo Creek road and going north behind the housing site, the San Lazaro Housing Site, I dealt with that, built a big drain so that when water fills up, it runs off into there. Mr Burns was gracious enough to allow us to put a big drain onto his pastures and to put fencing so that the cattle could not go in. And then connect it there, it goes all the way around the San Lorenzo Housing Site, it goes into another big creek that goes all the way by - you know the dangerous curves outside of Orange Walk, it goes all the way and hen it goes into the river so we need to protect it and I want to make very clear we need to stop it and I've asked DPM and maybe I need to find out what he has done so far."
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