Waterloo Appeals D.O.E.’s Decision on Port Expansion Project

Prime Minister John Briceño

Back in November, we told you that the Department of Environment did not grant Waterloo Investment Holdings the environmental clearance necessary to green light its Port Expansion Project at the Port of Belize Limited. The developer had twenty-one days to launch an appeal of the decision. News Five has confirmed that Waterloo has launched that appeal. On Wednesday, we asked the prime minister about the prospects of an upgraded container and cargo terminal in Belize. Here is what he had to say.

Prime Minister John Briceño

“We have to wait until the I think it is the twenty-first, probably today, up until today I think the Port of Belize or Waterloo have to appeal the judgment. So, we want to wait and see what happens. But, certainly we cannot keep the status quo at Port of Belize. An investment has to be done to fix the, if there is no cruise terminal, the container/cargo terminal has to be upgraded. That is not a matter of it will be done. It has to be done, either by the receiver or a new set of investors will come in, or if government may some day, we are not there. The important thing is that we have to finish off the process.”

We reached out to the Port of Belize today to ascertain if an appeal has been submitted. We have not received a response up to news time.