No date has been given, but Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez has again warned that wrecking will resume very soon.
Speaking on Slam 100.5FM’s Grand Slam Morning Show’s Month of Mayor series on Monday, Martinez said enforcing traffic regulations was just one aspect of law and order which is needed in Port-of-Spain.
Martinez said streets were currently being marked and signs erected to ensure that motorists had no excuses when it came to indiscriminate and illegal parking.
This, he said, will pave the way for the resumption of wrecking.
“We have met with the Ministry of Works and Transport’s Traffic Management Division. We have asked them to let us work out a programme so we can determine where needs the wrecking, maybe we can phase it in,” Martitnez said.
Martinez is also hoping that street dwelling will soon be a thing of the past.
He said while previous mayors had made efforts to address this concern, their efforts were met with resistance from street dwellers, with some even mounting legal challenges.
However, Martinez said a tripartite agreement among the Ministry of Social Development, a homeless assistance office and the his office will see the issue of street dwelling being addressed.
Martinez said the agreement was in its final stages and expected to be signed by the beginning of June.
“It is almost to the point where we are about to sign it, maybe one more or one or two more meetings, hopefully we will see that signing by June or before the end of May,” Martinez noted.