A shame indeed. I have been to the San Mateo "development' and I have talked at length to some of the residents. The slum, for that is what it is, is indeed a discredit to those who planned it, and a blot on AC's landscape.
The Anglican school which feeds nearly 500 children every day,in such dire surroundings, is indeed to be congratulated
San Mateo is a testament to the folly of our planning and environmental law not being properly enforced by the DoE.
Incidentally, Juan's explanation of the EIA procedure missed out the fact that the EIA or LLES, once done, is sent to the NEAC-the DoE's secret committee for evaluation.
So whatever decisions were or were not made, and on what grounds, we shall never know, since the minutes of the meetings are, scandously, not available to the public.
There will never be proper planning that the people of Belize can have confidence in,whilst the DoE hides its decision making process from public view.
San Mateo may or may not be a victim of this secrecy. To quote a famous satirical UK TV star, "we don't know what we don't know..."