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The Difference A Pave Will Make
posted (February 3, 2015)
The woeful condition of Frank's Eddy Road, which leads to the Nohoch Che'en archaeological reserve, has caused great inconvenience and discontent among tour operators over the years. This site is one of the leading destinations for tourists but the conditions of the route to get there …are deplorable. FECTAB along with other organizations have been pressuring the government to upgrade the road and finally a contract was signed to do so yesterday. President of FECTAB Tom Greenwood came to our studios this evening to discuss the positive impact this road project will have on the tourism sector.

Tom Greenwood, President - FECTAB
"We went the first time to the Prime Minister and he helped by getting the road scratched over nicely, lasted for some time, but the it went really bad and it got the point where as you know people have been kicking up a fuss and we certainly contributed to get this thing fix. Now that I know the contract has been signed for 4.8 million for 6 months of heavy work on it, we are absolutely relieve, because my goodness, some of the members of the federation operate many busses and vans and they've been paying a terrible price. Getting the road fix now doesn't fix the financial hole that they went into. It's just one of those life's things. I think tourism being the highest foreign exchange earner for Belize, it means basically that we must do our all for tourism and I see that beginning to happen. Here in Belize, we have a style of making things begin to happen, all of a sudden it drops in water - we have to stop that. We must continue gaining momentum when we start doing things."

The paving of about 5 miles of the Frank's Eddy Road or Jaguar Paw Road will be done at a cost of over 4 million dollars. The project should be completed in 6 months.

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