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The year 2016 will come with a lot of changes in San Pedro, and one of those will be the relocation of the water taxi and tour operator boats to the Sunset Boardwalk. At the completion of the Boardwalk in 2014, all boats that operate on the leeward side of the island were expected to move to the new boat terminal at the Sunset Boardwalk in order to alleviate the congestion on the windward shores of the island. However, that did not happen as boat owners complained that the area near the Sunset Boardwalk is not suitable for large vessels.

According to Mayor Daniel Guerrero before any boats can move to the Boardwalk, the area needs to be prepared for everyone. "We need to relocate all boats and the water taxi vessels to the Sunset Boardwalk area, however before we do that, we need to dredge the area for the big boats. We do not have a date yet when the dredging will begin. The entities that would do the dredging are the Port Authority, Belize Tourism Board and The San Pedro Town Council and definitely it will be next year," said Guerrero. He emphasize that it will bring a big change.

Another plan that will accompany the new boat terminal will be a boat manifest which is currently being drafted with the help of the San Pedro Police Department. "The boat manifest is almost ready. It will give us control to know who all are travelling to the island. A manifest is important so that in case of accidents, we know who all were in that boat. It will also help us to identify possible criminals who might want to come aboard the boats. Once their names are identified, police can be there waiting for them. Again, this will add more professionalism to the services provided to the island," stated Guerrero.

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Really like the identification for passengers..good for everyone..Thank you!

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Don't kid yourself. A manifest is helpful in case of a boating accident. As far as the "really bad guys", they don't come by water taxi. Besides, are you going to have the police spending time looking at manifests when they could be doing productive police work. Do I want a police man sitting at a desk looking over hundreds of names each day on manifests, or patrolling?

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Any idea how many people take the water taxi on say Easter weekend? I take the water taxi fairly frequently and there are often two boats going from Belize city to both SanPedro and Caye Caulker.

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Easter Weekend is the busiest. Many, many Belizeans come to the island for the holiday - the longest in the country.


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