Last week, we told you about the group of Belize city residents who were strongly opposed to a proposal from Heritage Bank to turn a public access road off Coney Drive into a one-way street.
It is known as Golanche Crescent. This street circles the Belize Family Life Association's headquarters, and it ends in front of the Bank's new building. The bank's management made a proposal to the Belize City Council to implement a restriction where vehicular traffic would not be able to pass in front of their new building.
We understand that it was part of a bigger plan to hopefully implement some infrastructural upgrades to the area. But, several residents have insisted that the proposed vehicular restriction would cause them to become trapped during emergency situations. Chief among the dissenters was Karen Golanche, who told us last week that her husband, who suffers from a disability, would be severely affected by it.
7News learned today that based on the opposition, the Bank's management has decided to abandon its proposal. That means that the residents from the area have successfully gotten the bank to back down, for now.
We understand, however, that the Bank can still make a request to the City Council for preferential parking in front of the same section of the street that they wanted restrictions on. The City Council would then have to seriously consider that request, and the Council wouldn't have to consult the residents in that case.
