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The perennial issue of flooding near downtown Belize City’s is being solved with an eleven million dollar pumping station. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank and the Belize City Council, has been working for the past five years to construct the pumping station in the Yarborough community. The project is a part of I.D.B.’s Climate Vulnerability Reduction Program and is nearing completion. It is expected that, once fully up and running, much of the annual flooding occurrences near the downtown area will be alleviated. News Five’s Paul Lopez takes a closer look.