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i agree with SJ.
most say the 'Sustainable Commities' are against ALL development. but they seem to be the only ones who bother to look beyond the immediate buck.
despite what people say, these people really truly care about the area and it's future!

People are adamantly opposed to this development because of the insane size of it. 7000 plus rooms. Stop and think about how many people that brings to a fragile ecosystem. Think for a minute about the impact of constructing that giant a project on Hol Chan which is directly across the water. Think for a minute of the affect on the fragile Maya site Marco Gonzalaz which the resort encompasses. And the fact that it appears to have gone around the usual permitting process. The project, by the sheer enormity of it threatens every aspect of island life. It is also self reliant so local merchants will suffer.
It is nuts that it has even gotten this far in the permitting precess

I agree completely!!!!!!!!!

Come on SJ.

Check out www.brahmablue.com

Go to plans and check out the number of dwellings, 18 hole golf coarse and "yacht marina" proposed and currently partially built.

Any wet lands there? Any wild life there? Any mangroves? Any dredging needed to build?

Answer is YES to all the above!

Any anti-Brahma Blue protests / meetings going on?

Answer, NO

Question is why not?

Same increase in people, same damage to the eco system.

What's the deal?

Hell there's a huge development just south of Scuba lady not 100 yards from the reef. Were are the protestors to this development?

if you ask me, and i know no one did or will, but i believe the DOE or some other authority needs to decide when enough is enough. it's an island fercrissakes!
i have always said, it makes no difference if it's the greatest, most technically advanced project IN THE WORLD, if their waste systems produce pure drinking water, if their foundations create more mangroves, if the mere presence of the project brings glorious rays from heaven, too many people will ruin things.
tourist sites will be over ran, belize will loose everything it is known for. and that will effect more than what the small labour force protesting about.

what he said.

7000 rooms with 2 people in a room is almost double the existing population of Ambergris Caye. There is no way the the infrastructure on the island can tolerate something that size. The island, reef, and mangroves will be ruined. Check out the buildings that this developer has put up, without a permit in the lagoon behind Reef Village. It is a horror show of pollution, ripped up lagoon, and ugly buildings. Oh and imagine 7000 more golf carts.

Accepted.

Why do you not share the same feelings for Brahma Blue?????????

Does digging up mangrove and dregding in the name of a golf coarse and yacht docks make the destruction more acceptable to you?????????

he has a point....

it's all about the total # of people,, to me.
7000 people can have a good time at their resort or at the bars around town and if need be, build more bars. (i know, not the best solution)
but you can't build another Hol Chan or Altan Ha (just for example), and once these type places loose their appeal because of over-crowding, then what?
between the mega resorts the GOB is approving at every turn, cruise ships being aggressively marketed, along with all the other rush to 'develop', someone should step back and make an evaluation. i think.
maybe?
just my opinion,,,