A Brief History Of a Port Long In The Making

Yesterday we took you to Stake Bank island where an enormous cruise port is currently under construction. Port Coral promises to be a completely new experience for tourists who arrive on cruise ships. And the first part of that is - when they arrive- they won't have to get on a tender - they will pull right up to a dock, get off the cruise ship and enter a fully realised tourism island with all the bells and whistles.

Work on the massive 100 plus million Belize dollar project has been going at a record pace since its groundbreaking over two years ago, with hundreds of workers on site, and dozens of cranes, cement trucks, bulldozers and all kinds of heavy equipment at the island off the coast of Belize City.

But while much has been done in a short span towards the goal of opening next year, truth is this project has been years in the making, and we've been reporting on it for well over a decade. And during that time, just like now, there's been plenty of controversy surrounding it. Courtney Menzies took a look back at Port Coral's history, and has this story.

If you want to see what the Minister with responsibility for the environment has to say about the approval for the causeways - tune into Uncut tonight when he will be Jules Vasquez's guest.

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