Billy....while you have VISITED the last 11 years I was born and raised here! Do YOU have any idea why tourists come to Belize? It is for our natural wonders! Annually 60 million dollars is generated from flats sport fishing. Where is much of that fishing done? In exactly the area the "road" is going.
You questioned elbert about water flow...well it is a lagoon fed by several creeks through which water FLOWS.
The developers current plan includes 4 culverts 18 inches in diameter..the Department of Environment issued a letter to the Town Council and developer that that area required 10 culverts nine feet in diameter and that a bridge over one area was necessary to not obstruct water flow.
You are right...the locals are capable that is where the locals formed the Ambergirs Caye CITIZENS for SUSTAINABLE development.
I hate to agree with you on one point...progress is necessary, but it has to be done the RIGHT way. Maybe since you don't live here you don't realize how much time and money is wasted trying the right the wrongs done by careless developers.
You keep harping on this issues we have...I agree we have issues but we need to learn to manage those issues before we take on more.
Being that you are an outsider I find it interesting that you choose to blast outsiders...there are many people that have chosen to live here and contribute to the well being of this island.
Finally, you compare us to Xcalak...we are not Mexico and we will never be Mexico. We are Belize and we want to stay Belize.
Some how people want to negate what has made Belize a popular tourist destination over the last 30 years....snorkeling, diving, fishing, mayan ruins, caving, jungles, rivers and our people....not Sams Club, Walmart, commercilization that has happended to Riviera Maya in Mexico.
Let me know the next time you plan to be in San Pedro and I would be happy to show you the real issues we are facing.