Belize, Ambergris Caye and Placencia News

Belize and Belize Real Estate is on the move.  When it rains it pours and I'm not necessarily talking about the weather which is predictably delightful! What I am referring to is a number of new developments on the Placencia Peninsula in Belize as well as Ambergris Caye.

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Belize and Belize Real Estate is on the move.

 EXCITING NEWS FROM BELIZE 

THE ROAD 

In case you haven't heard, the paving of the Placencia Road now reaches from the airstrip all the way to Cocoplum and is making daily progress through Maya Beach.   That means quick and unfettered access to and between the most populated areas of the peninsula.

Major bridge, culvert and drain works at the north end of the road are being carried out simultaneously with the southern paving and it looks like the entire project should be wrapped up by June of 2010.  Congratulations are in order for contractor Cisco Construction, whose crews are doing a great job.

THE AIRPORT

This is the new airport as opposed to the old air strip. Construction is now in high gear, 24/7, on a fully fledged international airport a mile or so northwest of the Riversdale junction at the top of the peninsula.  It is a private effort, fully backed by the government of Belize, spearheaded by Eugene Zabaneh of Maya Island Air and Marco Caruso of the Placencia Hotel. The initial specs are for a 6000 foot, 150 foot wide concrete runway with room to double that length in the future. The airport will have its own customs and immigration and can accommodate all varieties of aircraft including jet charters. Initially it will be the hub for Maya Island's regional flights to Cancun, Honduras and Guatemala and will eventually take direct scheduled flights from North America. What this will mean for the area's long term development cannot be overstated. No completion date has been set but it should be seeing its first international flights at around the same time the Placencia Road is finished.

  NEW REGIONAL AIR ROUTES

Even before the new airport is ready, Maya Island is pioneering three new routes out of Belize City's Philip Goldson International Airport. Using three leased ATR72 aircraft configured for 68 passengers, the airline commences twice daily service to Cancun and Daily service to San Pedro Sula (Honduras) and Guatemala City on July 8th. This means that Europeans can now access Belize in one day via Cancun and avoid a US stop over. It also gives access to the large pool of tourists that visit Cancun from all parts of the world. Even better for us that when the new Placencia International  Airport is ready it will serve as the hub for those flights, so passengers will no longer have to change  planes in Belize City. Imagine: daily service from virtually anywhere in Europe or North America to Placencia via Cancun!