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Hence my if ands or buts, and sorry for a hijack even if it was kinda related.

There was a hearing at 9AM this morning on the request for an injunction against the road between Mata Grande and Colonia San Diego. The court made its ruling on the request for injunction, and yet again it was denied and thrown out of court. The Parties behind the request for injunction were referred back to the San Pedro Town Council as they are responsible for the Mata Grand Road Project. As stated previously, there was no injunction in place before this hearing, and there is still no injunction against the road project. There had been a request for an injunction, but through due process of law, it was rejected for the many reasons previously stated.

This is a government road project of the San Pedro Town Council that has gone through the proper approval and permitting process of the Forestry Dept., Department of Geology and Petroleum, and the Department of Environment. Is the cost of the road being paid for with voluntary donations? Absolutely. There is no one denying that the San Pedro Town Council does not have the money necessary to care for all the roads and infrastructure needs of San Pedro Town and its outlying areas. Personally, I would like to see more property owners and developers step forward to contribute the funds necessary to improve the entire length of road north of the bridge. The same is true of the road south of Victoria House.

How many people live on the beach front in beautiful condos or houses and enjoy paying ridiculously low property taxes and then complain when the Town Council doesn't have the funds to improve roads or infrastructure? Where are their checkbooks when it comes to donating funds to support the Town Council and its efforts? It's easy to be critical of the Town Council for not doing more. And it's easy to be critical of someone donating funds to the Town Council to help with town improvements. If more people would do the same, it would become the rule rather than the exception, and maybe the Town Council could do more for the benefit of all residents.

Just for the record, I have no affiliation with the Town Council.

It has long been my opinion that developers should be held 100% responsible for necessary improvements for and to their property.

As you point out, this is particular important inasmuch as the town council cannot afford the improvements clamored for and property taxes are ridiculously low.

How the matter of property taxes may be dealt with is beyond me. Certainly, it would be inappropriate to raise taxes across the board, for then many original Belizeans would be harmed, and I suppose I shall have to extend that to some less than original Belizeans too. :^)

When property taxes were raised here at home a few years back, the city actually looked at how long homes had been owned by the live-in owners, and under certain criteria, the taxes were not raised for those that qualified.

Before one lot in any new development in most areas of the States can be sold, all road improvements must be in and functional, as well as water and sewer. Belize should adopt this aproach. This also includes the needed city infrastructure of police and fire, parks and rec etc..

Agree with Champion on that, it's the same here at home as I've mentioned in past threads like this.

But its not like that here, agreed in the future this would be nice but this project is now and the deal has been struck.
This Levey the road will sit on if its built is going give a big surprise to homeowners owners along the beach crest when when rains.
Currently the water from the Mata lagoon overflows into the low lands, when its damned the Mata Lagoon will overflow to the reef crest. Looking at the google earth map that looks like it would effect Journeys End, Las Terrazas,Belizean Shores, all the way down to Captain Morgans.
Remember these developers aren't thinking of anything but, sell some lots and go back to their own country with the money. Were left with the consequences their thoughtless actions.

Remember last year when it rained 21 inches in 48 hours . think thats going to drain thru a few little pipes in the Levey?

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Take a look at this cross section of ambergris caye.
the levey would connect the blue area, where most of the hotels and residents are now, with the green supratidal flat area, where the subdivisions are proposed.

Juan. The reason that it is a SPTC project is because the Developers (you?) were smart and fooled the not so switched on Town Council to front the project in their name negating the need for an EIA etc. Now they/you are using this to hide behind.

Do the project in the right way and this isn't with causeway/levy/raised roads that stops the water flow. It needs to be a piling bridge style construction when over water.

I know elbert. I do realize that it isn't that way now and that the problem is immediate.

What I'm so poorly trying to express (probably along with other non-residents), is that along with complaining as each individual situation arises, something should be incorporated long term.

Why waste energy campaigning and flailing against something that you cannot change? Put that energy towards getting things changed so that developers DO have that obligation and are aware of it even prior to acquiring land on spec.

I agree with you about wasted energy on things I can not change but this poorly planed subdivision and road isn't something we can't change.The road issue is far from over and the subdivision is still just little squares drawn on someones map.
The Realtors/developers would like to have their market believe its a reality so they could sell some.
I think there is a big plus in illustrating the problems with this ill conceived project. If for nothing else as you have said, change for the future projects.