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Some carts stalled out in 2ft+ deep lakes in front of reef village when I passed this morning. Can't get much worse.

We stalled out right after going through them last night in a friend's cart and about to go over the bridge. This is as bad as last year at the height of rainy season (Sept/Oct), if not worse.

I have spoken with Town Council and they said they are bringing us gravel, soon.
What soon means, I don't know.

They are also looking into getting us a culvert for that big lake you are talking about.

Can't grade with the road wet or soon to be wet as it will just turn to mud and well, it's either water or mudpit.

I am trying to get the road to a state where this dosen't become a problem every year.

I know it's a slow go and the potholes are huge. I use that portion of the road 2-3 times a day.

That section from the bridge to Cloisters is too low, with an unstable base. We need to fix it properly, not just apply band aids.

You should see it in a Hurricane, it is really scary what will happen to that area if another Hurricane hits, I remember swimming that section after Hurricane Keith Passed to get past the Cloisters and head back home.

Nothing was there when Keith hit, but now there are all sorts of developments. After seeing what happened with Hurricane Keith I believe the damage will be catastrophic when the next hurricane hits.

Some land is just not meant to be developed.

Gaz

Thanks Gaz,

I live on that stretch. Now I'm going to panic everytime it rains hard.

Yes, if you look at that part, especially on google earth you can see where the lagoon and the sea once joined up all along that area from the cut to cloisters.

Yes, a major hurricane could be devistating to the developemnts there, and probably the whole Island, but we knew this when we bought.

Depending on where you live, if it's not hurricanes, it earthquakes, Tsunamis or Tornado's

Remember SNL's Rosanne Rosanadana's saying: - "It's always something"


But then again, that's why we buy Insurance.

It is interesting how Belize promotes itself as "eco-friendly" and conservation minded, being so concerned about the reef, marine reserves, the rain forest, etc. and then allows an area like this to be filled by dredging and taking what would be considered a wetland or part of nature in other countries and allowing it to be developed for sale.
It would be nice if someone had a picture of that area before it was filled so those who have never seen it as it was could.
And, Gaz is right. Nature will someday take back what was hers and should still be hers.

I had a lot of pictures of the area before Reef Village was built. "HAD" as in on my computer that was stolen.
Of course I got hammered by the real old timers because, as I was to learn, my condo was built on fill.
Warren - you are so right - that's why we now have ACCSD to try and stop this in the future.
I understnd there is still some building going on down at South Beach.

Reef Village promoted itself directly to the public, doing it's best to keep potential buyers away from the seasoned local brokerage community.
We'd have told them not to buy - and did so when the occasion arose.

Some people were advised, and listened and did not buy - others bought anyway.

Wishful thinking would be that GoB should/could/would have prohibited this development and we'd be saved from the endless Reef Village debate. Reef village and San Mateo will probably suffer the same fate if nature hits hard.

If you do live in that area and a storm threatens, please evacuate.
Nobody wants to scare you for no good reason - the warnings are about something real. Please take heed from those who have seen what happens to low marshy land when a big storm hits.

Dianne
We rent from Harriette, so we live in her Condo that she just referred to in Bermuda Landing. Like Dan I did not realize till now that this was also built on fill. I do appreciate the warning. My wife and I volunteer with the Red Cross as part of their disaster response team here on the island and the last few weeks of our meetings have been very eye opening about what could happen to places like San Mateo in case of a major hurricane.

I think that Bermuda Landing is a whole lot better/safer than Reef Village. Chris is a good builder and the buildings have done well in weathering past events.