Seawall vending will continue, but not current “lawlessness” – Edghill

…misinformation to vendors is “mischief-making”

Persons who have received permission from the Sea and River Defence Board to vend along the Georgetown seawall area will be able to continue vending, but individuals who are unlawfully vending in the area will not be permitted to do so.
This is according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill, who clarified the vendors’ misconceptions on the matter.
According to the Minister, any misinformation that was spread which claimed that the Government was removing vendors from the seawall was a clear sign of mischief-making.
Edghill stated that the Government’s plans were to ensure that every person who has a licence to vend on the seawall knows the conditions under which they must vend.

“Any misinformation that the Government was removing vendors is a clear sign of mischief-making. Your licence tells you the conditions in which you must vend, and those conditions state that there should be no permanent structures.”
He highlighted several points to the vendors, including what is “vending space” .
“Your vending space should be no more than 100 square feet, and you should be 15 feet away from the edge of the road, and you should always clean up after every vending,” he stated, adding that all of the spaces should be aesthetically pleasing in correlation to what the Government has been doing to beautify the country.
Edghill then took the time to highlight that as these conditions have been put in place within the vendors’ contracts, some vendors have disobeyed and gone to areas that were not designated to them and this would not be tolerated by the Ministry.
“There will be no vending around the roundabout and the monument, and you would have seen that we have already cleared that area,” Edghill, who reaffirmed the contracts, stated.
Meanwhile, he urged that vendors should reread their contracts to stay up to date with the agreements they have signed. “All vendors need to do is to get in line with what their permit has said. So, I make it very clear, vending will continue along the seawall, lawlessness will not be continued,” Edghill reaffirmed.
Edghill noted that the Government needed to be reasonable with its decisions as the seawall serves as a sea defence reserve and at any time anything drastic could happen and the Government would need access to the area. (G2)