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If BWS has pipes under this clock how about BTL or BEL?

The square manhole shown in the photo is BTL fiber optic lines.
Good luck with flopping a 30 ton structure saddling them.

Great Idea!!! Some one should dress up as the clock for Halloween

A Town Clock For San Pedro?; BWSL Says Maybe Not

The Mayor of San Pedro Town is feeling the heat tonight, from public outcry directed at the construction of a 21 foot town clock, to be erected smack in the middle of that municipality's downtown area.

Mayor Elsa Paz says she got the idea whilst visiting the town's sister city, in Wilmington, North Carolina. The initial construction which got underway on Monday of this week has sparked a fiery debate amongst islanders, as to whether a project of the sort should be one of the Council's priorities.

But besides matters of taste, timing and town planning, there's a much larger practical concern. Belize Water Services has gone on record that any such construction immediately above their water and sewer lines could pose great risk to the islands utility infrastructure.

Dave Pascasio, Operations Manager BWS
"The way it was explain to me on site last week Friday that there would be 4 pre-cast concrete columns and those will saddle our main - both our sewer and water mains in that location. The structure is going to be 7ft sq. right over our infrastructure, so access in the future will be a concern for us."

Jim McFadzean
"How did you go about determining the location for the clock?"

Elsa Paz, Mayor San Pedro Town
"Well the location - I pass in council meetings several times to find out where we should put this clock. I was the one that said that it will look good in the center of the road because it will get a better view from all the different streets and even the view from the beach front."

Jim McFadzean
"When you are embarking on such projects, does the council have any technical advice that would have some background in infrastructure and zone planning?"

Elsa Paz, Mayor San Pedro Town
"Yes, we just had meetings with the central building authority which is the local building authority under the central building authority. we sit down with the person in charge - the representative of the central building authority and with the utilities companies which is Belize Water Services because they did object the project at the beginning because of their pipes but the last meeting we had with them is that we had to move it about 18 inches away from their pipe and it will be OK like that."

Jim McFadzean
"It's my understanding that they still feel that the project is flawed and it will affect their ability to access those underground lines."

Elsa Paz, Mayor San Pedro Town
"Yes that was their biggest concern coming from Belize Water Services. But we just had a meeting this morning to finalize. They said that they do not have a problem for us building a clock but you have to be about 18 inches away from the pipes because where we were going to build it was too close to their pipes."

And while that meeting this morning has given the council a green light, there's still some lingering doubt being harbored at the headquarters of BWSL.

Dave Pascasio, Operations Manager BWS
"We can't guarantee what will happen during construction because we don't have anybody out there fulltime looking and overseeing what is happening. It's not our project."

"On Monday we wrote to Mayor Paz stating our objections and I even inform her and her representatives that for future - our experience with breaks - that size pipe that is there that there is a huge crater by the time we reach there and that could in itself jeopardize the integrity of their structure once its built and so it's more like 3 fold; damage to our infrastructure, access and even to their structure."

But with at least that one hurdle behind them now, the Mayor is looking at tackling the wider issue, which is to try and change public opinion by going on a massive media campaign come next Monday, to try and convince San Pedranos that the towering clock will add value to the tourist destination, rather than take away from it.

Jim McFadzean
"Some of your residents might say that why go on this educational campaign now after the fact because construction has already begun?"

Elsa Paz, Mayor San Pedro Town
"They are just doing the foundation part which they had two days working there because of the same problem with the hurricane. It's on hold right now, but on Monday I will go on the morning show and explain to the people. I will always go with what the majority says. First of all it's not the town's money that is financing this project. It's a donation to the town."

Jim McFadzean
"You are saying as we speak today Friday that that town clock is not set in stone yet?"

Elsa Paz, Mayor San Pedro Town
"Right now it's just the foundation that will be holding the clock."

And while Mayor Paz is going on the offensive, she'll be needing some defence too: there will be a protest against the clock at noon on Monday led by no less than the staff at the San Pedro Sun newspaper.

Channel 7

Constuction of Town Clock Becomes Hot Topic

It will sit in the middle of the intersection of Barrier Reef Drive and Ambergris Street - the new clock tower that the San Pedro Town Council has already started working on. But what did not sit well with the residents of San Pedro was the fact that the clock tower is smack in the middle of front street!

What people thought was work on drainage or underground wires turned out to be the construction of the new clock tower; but nobody expected it there. Now that the news broke on the Reef Radio's morning show, residents have started expressing their discontent with the location of the clock tower.

Ambergris Today consulted with Mayor Paz to get some more information on the matter.

*The construction of the project is final; work will continue as planned and the town clock will be done in a period of six weeks.

Click here to read the rest of the article and see more photos in the Ambergris Today!

I believe Ramon's Village and Don Ramon have done countless good for what was once a tiny village and now the thriving tourism center known as Ambergris Caye. Unfortunately their abundance of tacky sky littering signs remained on private property until now. If a 21 foot high sign in the middle of Barrier Reef Drive is required advertising and PR, the other dozen signs or so aren't working. I would guess it's going to have the opposite effect on most. Perhaps a similar sign should be installed on a coral head in Hol Chan and a submergible at Tuffy just in case someone missed the plethora of other signage!

Occupy Front Street and Beat the Clock in costume for Halloween and make it an all night event with Dady Rock, Jaguars and Rehab! DJs, street artists, performances, drumming and drink specials with money being donated by people and the $1 per drink from the bars to BUY BACK FRONT STREET. [#%!]! The streets for sale to a foreign owned company WHAT IS NEXT!

Anonymous and bi partisan! Worth a costume! We all could dress up like the Mayor and/or Headrick!

I wonder what that looks like and where its situated? Anyone reading this live in or near Wilmington NC?


Gahhhhhhh!!! Well maybe if you had 60 foot wide streets in which to build a roundabout but you dont and certainly not with this wetdream of a nightmare.


that hardly seems like prior to...and good dodge on the issue about zone planning.



all time favorite...following the age old tradition of its easier to seek permission afterwards. Why do I get the sense that the majority is anxiously awaiting the decision of the majority...