A delegation from the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) visited the area where the Council was experiencing difficulty in its quest to transform the area into a parking lot. The visit was to listen to the concerns of the vendors who would have been adversely affected by this move.
“We visited the area and noticed that the vendors were spread out, occupying unnecessary space and we sought to compress them to create more space for parking”.
The area which spans from Cummings Street to Orange Walk is usually a place for fruit and vegetable vendors, but Deputy Mayor Chase-Green said that she asked vendors to become standardised as the Council is currently undertaking a beatification process of the city and the stalls needed to look more presentable.
Throughout the city, a major beautification process is being conducted, with many of the drains being desilted and areas such as the Merriman’s Mall being turned into play grounds.
Chase-Green further said that “the Clerk of Markets will present a list of names of all by November 1 and we have asked the vendors to chose their own design, size and uniformed colours”.
She explained that the Christmas season is soon arriving and the city usually becomes congested and the Council is beginning to make provisions to deal with such issues when they arise.
Several vendors were disrupted from their daily routines on Tuesday last at the Merriman’s Mall – which runs parallel with Church Street and North Road – when City Council officers arrived to move them, dismantling and damaging their stalls.
There seemed to be confusion over whether the vendors should be there as City Constabulary members arrived to move them, breaking some stalls in the process.
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