[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":392},["ShallowReactive",2],{"waterway-292":3,"$f2iOpGCsCv6lhVck4zFNFHUp0M8AvCxnsgkRI1dTMiIc":8,"$fx6jW8BvOPi8TIHTUOliJROezp64A-ykiCfP9ToLg1O8":102,"$f7Rptxm2_c62gxNVpdGAxg4dpv1gXkkpT4A1_TRjHgLA":115},{"id":4,"name":5,"lengthM":6,"bridgeCount":7},292,"Sibun River",159400,4,[9,47,76,80],{"id":10,"name":11,"noname":12,"surface":13,"lat":14,"lng":15,"endDateDisused":16,"endDateDisusedSource":17,"endDateDemolishedEdtf":18,"waterwayId":4,"districtId":19,"roadId":20,"replacedByBridgeId":21,"waterway":22,"district":23,"road":26,"replacedByBridge":40},31,"","Sibun Bridge","wood",17.10967,-88.65963,"2002-09","2002-06/2002-12","https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/13887",2,8,30,{"id":4,"name":5,"lengthM":6},{"id":19,"name":24,"ref":25},"Cayo","CY",{"id":20,"name":27,"lengthM":28,"startDate":29,"districtId":30,"historyMd":31,"articleRating":7,"ohmChronologyId":32,"osmRelationId":33,"shapeId":34,"lat":35,"lng":36,"ref":37,"isArterial":38,"isFeeder":39,"isDistributor":39},"Hummingbird Highway",87620,"1954-04-03",5,"The **Hummingbird Highway**, alternatively known as Route AR3 in the internal highway numbering system, is one of the four major highways in Belize. It traverses the Stann Creek Valley from the [[roundabout:9]] in [[settlement:79]] through the Maya Mountains and ends at the [[roundabout:2]] in [[settlement:14]].\u003Cref>https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SI-No.-90-of-2023-Public-Roads-Names-and-Description-of-Highways-Order-2023.pdf\u003C/ref> It connects the [[road:7]], to the [[road:5]] 6 miles outside of [[settlement:79]]. It partially follows, and sometimes uses the infrastructure of the former Stann Creek Railway.\n\n# History\nIn 1949 a reconnaissance survey was commenced for the Roaring Creek-Middlesex Road, and approximately 18 1/4 miles of road was located. The reconnaissance was completed by the middle of 1950, with another 22 miles surveyed, bringing the total distance to 32.5 miles.\u003Cref>https://ia801001.us.archive.org/20/items/colonial-report-brit-honduras-1948/ColonialReportBritHonduras1948.pdf\u003C/ref> The alignment was declared a Public Road on January 14, 1949.\u003Cref>https://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00011470/00005\u003C/ref>\n\nBy March 1954 the Hummingbird Highway was completed with a surface width of 12 feet and opened to the public by the Governor on April 3.\u003Cref>Colonial Report of British Honduras 1954\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/880211468199161639/pdf/UNN22000Britis00development0program.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\nThe road was financed Great Britain as a Colonial Development and Welfare grant. At each end of the road a board was erected that read: \n\"ROARING CREEK---MIDDLESEX ROAD.\nKNOWN AS THE HUMMING BIRD HIGHWAY.\n\nPRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF BRITISH HONDURAS\nBY THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.\n\nSURVEYED BY THE SURVEY DEPARTMENT\nFROM 16. 8. 49 TO 30 .6. 51.\n\nCONSTRUCTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT\nFROM 6. 2. 50 TO 31. 3. 54.\n\nCOST $2,083,537.\nLENGTH 32½ MILES\n\nOPENED TO TRAFFIC BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR\nP. M. RENISON, ESQ., C.M.G., ON THE 3rd APRIL, 1954. \"\n\nExcept on the Middlesex side the sign started with MIDDLESEX---ROARING CREEK ROAD\n\nIn 2002 the western approach to the Sibun Bridge was washed away from floods.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/17003\u003C/ref>\n\nA massive flood event happened on June 11, 2026. The [[waterway:208]] flooded the road at the Southern Regional Hospital, at mile 7 between Xaibel Gas Station and [[road:70]], and on the west side of [[settlement:120]].\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1H4YN6CAAx/\u003C/ref> And then on June 24 the road collapsed over [[waterway:28]] which was immediately repaired.\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1c4eGWJye8/\u003C/ref>\n\n## Etymology\nThis highway has always been called the Hummingbird Highway.\u003Cref>https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/05/43/44/00001/AA00054344_00001.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\n## Paving Project\nIn October 1988 the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) signed an agreement with the Government of Belize within the terms of the Lome Convention III to provide funding for the Improvement of the Hummingbird Highway.\u003Cref>https://archives.gov.bz/assessment-studies-report/\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://www.iadb.org/en/project/BL0001\u003C/ref>\n\nCisco Construction was given the initial contract and did such a good job that on March 17, 1998 they were given a second contract to complete the remaining 10 miles from the [[bridge:30]] to [[roundabout:12]]. The total cost of the second contract was $20.5 million with the government providing 3.5 million, and the rest coming in the form of a loan from the Caribbean Development Bank.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/25181\u003C/ref>\n\n## Rehabilitation of Hummingbird Highway Project\n- Project Area: [[roundabout:9]] to [[roundabout:12]]\n- Duration: 2015-2018\n- Cost: $75.1 million\n\nThis project rehabilitated 55 miles of the Hummingbird Highway and was financed by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development ($27 million) and OFID ($24 million) with the remainder being covered by the Government of Belize.\u003Cref>https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30th-March-2015.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\nThe project replaced 8 single lane bridges with box culverts and new bridges and straightened a lot of curves.\u003Cref>https://doe.gov.bz/download/hummingbird-highway-rehabilitation-project/\u003C/ref>",2892278,9126103,283,17.05127,-88.56194,"3",true,false,{"id":21,"name":41,"surface":42,"material":43,"lengthM":44,"lat":45,"lng":15,"startDateConstruction":46,"startDateConstructionSource":18,"waterwayId":4,"districtId":19,"roadId":20},"Sibun River Bridge","paved","concrete",100.5,17.10966,"2004-01-29",{"id":48,"name":41,"surface":49,"material":49,"lengthM":50,"historyMd":51,"lat":52,"lng":53,"ele":54,"startDateConstruction":55,"startDateConstructionSource":56,"waterwayId":4,"districtId":57,"roadId":7,"osmId":58,"waterway":59,"district":60,"road":63},81,"metal",65,"## Etymology\nThe name of this bridge is stated in the S.I. No. 90 of 2023 as being the Sibun River Bridge.\u003Cref>https://www.midh.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Public-Road-Act.pdf\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SI-No.-90-of-2023-Public-Roads-Names-and-Description-of-Highways-Order-2023.pdf\u003C/ref>",17.33855,-88.5203,19,"1990-01","https://archives.gov.bz/new-belize-today/",1,1428209065,{"id":4,"name":5,"lengthM":6},{"id":57,"name":61,"ref":62},"Belize","BZ",{"id":7,"name":64,"lengthM":65,"wikidata":66,"startDate":67,"startDateEdtf":68,"districtId":57,"historyMd":69,"articleRating":57,"ohmChronologyId":70,"osmRelationId":71,"shapeId":72,"lat":73,"lng":74,"ref":75,"isArterial":38,"isFeeder":39,"isDistributor":39},"Coastal Plain Highway",58180,"Q61484552","1986","1986~","The Coastal Plain Highway is a major highway in eastern Belize. It runs from the [[road:7]] in [[settlement:137]], south to the [[road:8]] in [[settlement:120]].\u003Cref>https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SI-No.-90-of-2023-Public-Roads-Names-and-Description-of-Highways-Order-2023.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\n## Route Description\nThe Coastal Plain Highway begins at a junction with the [[road:7]] in [[settlement:137]]. It then runs southeast through remote and lightly-populated rural areas, before turning east to round Sugar Valley Hill.\n\nAfter the hill, the highway turns south to serve the villages of [[settlement:176]] and [[settlement:103]] before terminating at a roundabout with the [[road:8]] in [[settlement:120]]. This roundabout was constructed as part of the 2016-2023 Coastal Highway project.\n\nFor its entire length, the Coastal Highway is paved with asphalt and features 4 feet (1.2 m)-wide paved shoulders, with an additional unpaved margin. The speed limit ranges from as high as 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) in wide open areas, to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) on tighter curves, which also feature guardrails. At major intersections and near settlements, advanced rumble strips and speed bumps accompany a reduction in speed to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) or less.\n\nMile markers are posted every mile, increasing from [[settlement:137]] to [[settlement:120]].\n\n# History\nCoastal Road was created sometime around 1986 by merging sections of the [[road:72(1986)]] and [[road:73(1986)]] and extending the road from [[settlement:103(1986)]] to [[settlement:137(1986)]]. \n\nThe roads surface was originally constructed from gravel or dirt, and frequently washed out during the rainy season. Some bridges were constructed from wood and were wide enough to allow only one vehicle at a time. In 2001 Cisco Construction Company paved the first mile in [[settlement:137]].\u003Cref>https://stanncreekvalley.weebly.com/mullins-river.html\u003C/ref>\n\nA major flood event on June 11, 2026 flooded the highway at [[bridge:213]] and washed away parts of the new highway surface. To fix it they concreted an additional 678 feet of roadway.\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1NQsNpNtua/\u003C/ref>\n\n## The Sixth Road (Coastal Highway) Upgrading Project\nThe Sixth Road (Coastal Highway) Upgrading Project was funded by the Government of\nBelize, UKCIF and CDB, through a GBP$25,050,000 grant and Bz$73,152,000 loan.\nProcurement of construction contractors commenced the 2nd quarter of 2019; bids were\nsubmitted on 24 October 2019 and contracts were signed on 2 December 2019.\u003Cref>https://www.pressoffice.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Min-of-Infrastructure-Dev-Housing-ATR-2024-2025.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\nPolitecnica, an engineering firm based in Modena, Italy provided technical designs in 2018-2019 for the project.\u003Cref>https://www.politecnica.it/en/progetti/coastal-highway-belize/\u003C/ref> Contracts for the construction were awarded to Imer Hernandez Development Company Limited, and construction began on February 24, 2020.\u003Cref>https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/02/24/new-coastal-highway-upgrade-to-commence/\u003C/ref>\n\n**The Coastal Highway Upgrading Project – Lot 1** was approximately 28.16 km (17.6 miles)\nincluding the upgrading of its intersection ([[settlement:137]]) with the [[road:7]], as\nwell as the rehabilitation of Sibun, Cornhouse and Soldier Creek Bridges and the new construction\nof Manatee Bridge. \n\nLot 2 was approximately 29.88 km (18.7 miles) including the construction of a\nnew roundabout at its intersection with the [[road:8]]. It included the rehabilitation\nof Nelly bridge as well as the new construction of Jenkins, Quamina, Deadman, Mangrove and\nBig Creek bridges. The project included the construction of earthen embankments, crushed gravel\npavements, and two (3.6m) lanes with (1.5m) shoulders that have a double bituminous chip-seal\nwearing course. The road drainage scheme was also upgraded through the replacement of\nundersized culverts and the upgrading to reinforced concrete box structures or pipe culverts. The\nroad segment was completed with modern ancillary road safety features, including high visibility\nroad signs, edge markers, lane markings, safety rails, bus laybys and lighting.\n\nThe opening ceremony of the Coastal Plain Highway was on 7 July 2023.\u003Cref>https://www.pressoffice.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Min-of-Infrastructure-Dev-Housing-ATR-2024-2025.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\n## Etymology\nOfficially this road has always been the **Coastal Plain Highway**\u003Cref>https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/blz19664.pdf\u003C/ref>, but locally it was only known as the **Manatee Highway** named after the Manatee Forest Reserve that lay on the west side of the highway and most commonly referred to as **Coastal Road**.\n\nOn September 24, 2020 a news article was written about a few government buildings and bridges being renamed, but the article also mentioned some proposals, in this case **Manuel Esquivel Highway** for the Coastal Road. But this was only a proposal and never actually named that even though a lot of websites and news media picked it up as fact.\u003Cref>https://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/545091/new-buildings-and-roads-to-be-named-after-belizean-patriots.html\u003C/ref>\n\nAs of August 19, 2023, the highway was still designated as the **Coastal Plain Highway**.\u003Cref>https://www.nationalassembly.gov.bz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SI-No.-90-of-2023-Public-Roads-Names-and-Description-of-Highways-Order-2023.pdf\u003C/ref>",2892874,9299766,284,17.17803,-88.39849,"5",{"id":21,"name":41,"surface":42,"material":43,"lengthM":44,"lat":45,"lng":15,"startDateConstruction":46,"startDateConstructionSource":18,"waterwayId":4,"districtId":19,"roadId":20,"waterway":77,"district":78,"road":79},{"id":4,"name":5,"lengthM":6},{"id":19,"name":24,"ref":25},{"id":20,"name":27,"lengthM":28,"startDate":29,"districtId":30,"historyMd":31,"articleRating":7,"ohmChronologyId":32,"osmRelationId":33,"shapeId":34,"lat":35,"lng":36,"ref":37,"isArterial":38,"isFeeder":39,"isDistributor":39},{"id":81,"name":11,"noname":82,"lat":83,"lng":84,"waterwayId":4,"districtId":57,"settlementId":85,"waterway":86,"district":87,"settlement":88},119,"Tiger Sandy Bay Bridge",17.30926,-88.53192,295,{"id":4,"name":5,"lengthM":6},{"id":57,"name":61,"ref":62},{"id":85,"name":89,"districtId":19,"lat":90,"lng":91,"classification":92,"status":93,"buildingQty":94,"buildingSizeM":95,"startDate":96,"ohmChronologyId":97,"shapeId":98,"wikidata":99,"historyMd":100,"area":101,"articleRating":57},"Spanish Lookout",17.25674,-89.00255,"village","active",2300,702445,"1958",2851935,142,"Q1936055","Spanish Lookout is a modern Mennonite village on the left bank of the [[waterway:20]] just off of the [[road:7]] in the Cayo District.\n\n# History\n## Before the Mennonites\nIn 1718 the Spaniards made a determined effort to conquer the British settlements of Honduras and got as far as Spanish Lookout, which they fortified. In 1754 another attempt was made, but they only got as far as [[waterway:160]] where they were defeated mostly by slaves.\n\n## After the Mennonites came\nOn December 16, 1957 an agreement was made between the government of British Honduras and a delegation of the Quellen Colony in Chihuahua and Durango in Mexico. In this agreement, British Honduras granted the Mennonites the right to run their own churches and schools, with their own teachers, in their own language, according to their religion. And also the privilege of affirming with the simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ instead of making oaths in or out of the courts. And the right to administer and invest the estates of their own people, especially those of widows and orphans, in their own ‘Trust System’, called the ‘Waisenamt’, according to their own rules and regulations; Also the exemption from any social security or compulsory system of insurance. In return the Mennonites agreed among other things to bring into British Honduras capital investment amounting to 500k British Honduras dollars and to produce food not only for themselves but also for local consumption.---1958---\n\nOne of the reasons that George Price invited the Mennonites to Belize was to lessen their economic dependence on neighbouring countries.---1958---\n\nIn 1958 the Kleine Gemeinde Mennonites from Quellen Colony moved to Belize, creating the Spanish Lookout and [[settlement:25]] settlements. They objected to a new social welfare law in Mexico and arable land was available in Belize. ---1958---\n\nBy August 1959 Spanish Lookout had cleared 760 acres of land and constructed 10 miles of roads.\u003Cref>https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/05/43/44/00001/AA00054344_00001.pdf\u003C/ref>\n\nIn 1966 over 30 conservative families left the settlement for Paraguay due to conflicting beliefs about modernization. Another group also left the colony and started a new colony in [[settlement:151]].---1966---\n\nIn the 1980s, refugees arrived from Guatemala and El Salvador, settling in surrounding villages, finding employment and schooling for their children within Spanish Lookout.---1980---\n\nSpanish Lookout celebrated its 40th anniversary on March 19, 1998.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/25163\u003C/ref>---1998---\n\nSpanish Lookout celebrated it’s 50th anniversary from February 28 to March 1, 2008.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/5325\u003C/ref> Country Side Park was designed and constructed for the anniversary, the planning starting from an initial meeting in June 2006.---2008---\n\n## Boundaries\n1958 - The first purchase was made for the Spanish Lookout Estate with an area of 84.87 km².---1958---\n\n1968 - Barton Ramie was purchased on the south east side along the [[waterway:20]] for ranching and crop farming, bringing the total area to 86.15 km², an increase of 1.28 km².---1968---\n\n1978 - The Duck Run tract of land was purchased, some of it was purchased by the Spanish people creating the villages of [[settlement:86]], [[settlement:87]] and [[settlement:88]]. This purchase brought the total land area up to 106.67 km², an increase of 20.52 km².---1978---\n\n1986 - A few more sections of Duck Run were incorporated into Spanish Lookout, bringing the total area up to 116.55 km², an increase of 9.98 km².---1986---\n\n1989, September - [[settlement:367]] was purchased for ranching and crop farming, bringing the total area up to 220.58 km², an increase of 103.93 km², nearly doubling the size of Spanish Lookout.---1989---\n\n1995 - [[settlement:371]] was purchased for crop farming, bringing the total area up to 228.61 km², an increase of 8.03 km².---1995---\n\n2000s - A parcel of land south of the Bullet Tree Falls - Spanish Lookout Road was subdivided and sold to [[settlement:86]]. This reduced the total area to 229.52 km², a decrease of 0.12 km².---2000---\n\n2007, July - The Castile estate was purchased for crop farming, bringing the total area up to 244.29 km², an increase of 10.57 km².---2007---\n\n2010s - A second parcel of land was subdivided and sold to residents of [[settlement:86]]. This reduced the total area to 244.2 km², a decrease of 0.09 km².---2010---\n\n2012 - [[settlement:369]] and [[settlement:368]] were purchased for ranching and crop farming, bringing the total area up to 367.55 km², an increase of 123.35 km².---2012---\n\n2022, May - The [[settlement:374]] Farm was purchased for farming and the [[settlement:375]] Farm was also purchased for farming and possible future settlement. This brought the total area up to 414.02 km², an increase of 46.47 km².---2022---\n\n2022, September - [[settlement:372]] was purchased for farming, bringing the total area to 418.2 km², an increase of 4.18 km².---2022---\n\n2022, October - [[settlement:373]] was purchased and the land auctioned off to the farmers on November 26, 2022. This brought the total area up to 423.23 km², an increase of 5.03 km².---2022---\n\n2024, July - A parcel of land was sold to [[settlement:86]] as they needed more land for the village. This decreased the total area down to 422.99 km², a decrease of 0.24 km².---2024---\n\n2024, October - Boiton Land was purchased for ranching, bringing the total area up to 425.3 km², an increase of 2.31 km².---2024---\n\n## Crude Oil\nOil was discovered in 2005, the oil reservoir covered an area of approximately 438,000 acres of land, spanning parts of [[settlement:15]], [[settlement:329]], Spanish Lookout, [[settlement:14]], and even [[settlement:37]]. \u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/9556\u003C/ref>---2005---\n\nOn September 1, 2005 a second well struck oil.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/10848\u003C/ref>--2005-- And then a third well struck oil on January 16, 2006.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/10054\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/9556\u003C/ref>--2006--\n\nOn January 9, 2007 Spanish Lookout residents had to clean up oil for half a mile downwind of an oil well, leaving residents fed up with the oil boom.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/6020\u003C/ref>---2007---\n\nSpanish Lookout received its first oil royalty cheque of $433,000 on November 14, 2007.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/6020\u003C/ref>---2007---\n\nBy 2008 Belize Natural Energy was producing 4,400 barrels per day.\u003Cref>https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=11218\u003C/ref>---2008---\n\n## Disasters\nSpanish Lookout was hit by a tornado on August 14, 2016 at about 11:00 in the morning. A couple of houses and a few chicken barns lost their roofs. This was not the first tornado ever recorded in Belize, but it was the first recorded that did damage to personal property.\u003Cref>https://amandala.com.bz/news/tornado-hits-spanish-lookout/\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=37339\u003C/ref>\n\n## Etymology\n**Spanish Lookout** was the name given to this area centuries ago because of a Spanish lookout that used to be up on a hill on the other side of the river.\u003Cref>Leonard M Reimer\u003C/ref> Over time a logging camp was established where Mennonite Beach now is, and it was called Spanish Lookout.\n\nWhen the Mennonites first moved here in 1958, they kept calling it **Spanish Lookout**. On January 16, 1963 it was voted on and decided to keep the name as **Mennonite Community Spanish Lookout**.\u003Cref>SLC Monthly Meeting Minutes 1963-01-16\u003C/ref>\n\n## Industry\n**Spanish Lookout Export Board**\nSince 2024 the Spanish Lookout Export Board has enabled live chicken exports to Guatemala. This dramatically increased the amount of chicken barns in the community.\u003Cref>Spanish Lookout Monthly Committee Meeting 2024-07-27\u003C/ref>---2024---\n\n**Western Dairies** \n\nAt a monthly community meeting in July of 1968, Gerhard Koop announced to everyone that to keep milk clean it was better to use stainless steel buckets and cans, so he was going to order them for everyone.\u003Cref>Spanish Lookout Monthly Meeting Minutes\u003C/ref>---1968---\n\n## Media\nIn 2006 a documentary of Mennonites in Belize was filmed by Shamax Productions with interviews of residents in Spanish Lookout, [[settlement:151]], [[settlement:25]], [[settlement:291]] and [[settlement:146]]. As of 2026 the videos have 112,000 views on YouTube.\u003Cref>https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/8250\u003C/ref>---2006---\n\nMax Klymenko (4.14m subscribers) came to Spanish Lookout with his Career Ladder tour of the Caribbean on May 6, 2026.\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/61577654525464/posts/career-ladder-is-coming-to-belize-max-klymenkos-viral-series-the-career-ladder-h/122169777464921817/\u003C/ref>---2026---\n\n## Visits by Heads of States\n- Early 2000s, **Prime Minister Said Musa** and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dan Silva visited Western Dairies on private business asking for assistance in shutting the border to dairy product imports.\u003Cref>Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dan Silva\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>2025 Private report from a person involved at the time.\u003C/ref>---2000---\n\n- March 1, 2008, **Prime Minister Dean Barrow** attended the 50th anniversary celebrations of Spanish Lookout. Barrow had been sworn in as Prime Minister just weeks earlier (February 8, 2008). He was described as “the new Prime Minister” on hand for the event, alongside **Former Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel** (who attended as a special consultant to the government) and Hon. Elvin Penner (the first Mennonite elected to the National Assembly).\u003Cref>https://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/posts/273298.html\u003C/ref>---2008---\n\n- March 30, 2022, **Prime Minister Johnny Briceño** attended and oversaw the ground-breaking ceremony for a new soybean oil refinery in Spanish Lookout. He described the project as an exciting development for Belize's economy and agriculture.\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=975312980011016\u003C/ref>---2022---\n\n- December 17, 2025, **Prime Minister Johnny Briceño** served as the keynote speaker at the grand opening of Country Foods' new Tazty corn flour processing plant. The event highlighted job creation, local production, and export potential, with the Prime Minister commending the company's contributions to Belize's food security and economy.\u003Cref>https://lovefm.com/pm-briceno-opens-country-foods-corn-processing-factory-to-boost-food-security/\u003C/ref>---2025---\n\n- February 2, 2026, the **President of Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali** and **Prime Minister Johnny Briceño**, visited Belcar Exports, Quality Poultry Products and Western Dairies as part of his 3 day visit to Belize. The entourage arrived at Belcar in the afternoon in 2 helicopters.\u003Cref>https://newsroom.gy/2026/02/01/president-begins-belize-state-visit/\u003C/ref>\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G6rPu14bt/\u003C/ref>---2026---\n\n- March 12, 2026, **Prime Minister Johnny Briceño** was one of the keynote speakers at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Spanish Lookout Industrial and Commercial Expo.\u003Cref>https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1RS9zGKDvi/\u003C/ref>---2026---\n\n- April 23, 2026, **Prime Minister Johnny Briceño** visited the Mennonite Mission schools and had a meeting with the community leaders.\u003Cref>eyewitness\u003C/ref>--2026--\n\n# Infrastructure\n## Airports\nSpanish Lookout has an airstrip.\n\n## Roads\nIn 1968 the Government of British Honduras constructed their own ferry across the [[waterway:20]] to officially replace Spanish Lookout's self made ferry at Baking Pot across from Listowel, now Cayo Deaf Institute. 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