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And while Cindarella is a wait and see for City Hall, it seems so is a project on standstill at the Sand Lighters Promenade. If you pass there regularly you would have seen these 2 wooden frames on the side walk. They have been there for about a month and it seems like whoever built them there just abandoned the project. Well, that's not the case at all, those two wooden frames will be a part of an ambitious water sports spot. Today the Mayor told us more about this project and how it fits right into the city's master plan.

Darrell Bradley - Mayor, Belize City

"The idea with that is that a year ago the city council received a proposal from an individual who wanted to do a zip lining business in the water ways. This was something that we were very excited about because you have had an idea with the master plan where we are developing a lot of the water front area in terms of the cementing streets, BTL Park, Battlefield Park. We are now talking about working with the Inter-American Development Bank and the American Planning Association in doing a project in the Yabra area which is on the water front. And the idea with the master plan is that there could be a significant more economic investment and opportunity with water sports. You see that we have so much water but there is no jet skiing business, there is no sailing that goes on in Belize City. So that all of those things are opportunities and when this individual, two person when they submitted a proposal in terms of doing a zip lining business, it was something would fit right in line with the long term vision of the development of Belize City, including the development of uses in water ways. I mentioned this at a presentation last week that most Belizean we are inundated with water, we have the Haulover creek, we have about 85% of the city surrounded by water, we have the canals but most Belizeans including your Mayor can't swim and them most Belizeans likewise have a very negative interaction with water; we think about Hurricanes and flooding. So the idea is that if you would have more of these businesses like the zip lining then it would encourage more commercial activities and use of the water ways."

Of course, the project is still in the initial stages and the Mayor says he is not sure when works will continue or be completed. We will keep following on this development.