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Market tarmacs to be commissioned this month end
Several market tarmacs are set to be commissioned and used by the end of this month. This was stated by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon during his last Cabinet Press Briefing held on Thursday last.
Dr. Luncheon said, “Notwithstanding the oversubscription by vendors, the recently constructed tarmacs at a number of sites in the administrative regions would be commissioned and opened for business by the end of January 2011.”
Over one year ago, Government had inked contracts to establish market tarmacs in rural areas to ensure that itinerant vendors and others who would “casually” vend on the roadways would be given space to freely exercise vending in a safe and secure environment.
The tarmacs that are to be opened are the ones at Pouderoyen, Bath, Patentia, Enmore, Diamond and Charity – which Dr. Luncheon noted was already open and “terribly oversubscribed”. He went on to note that other arrangements will be made to accommodate the vendors at Charity.
It appears that these “market tarmacs” are being used for every purpose but the one for which they were designed. Consider the Diamond Tarmac, at a cost of $24.5M to the taxpayers, the contract for construction of the tarmac was signed on November 20, 2009.
Measuring 4,600 square metres and located between the first and second bridges on the southern side of the scheme, these days the Tarmac at Diamond sees more employment as a cricket pitch rather than as a place for vendors.
The Diamond Market Tarmac has been demarcated for the vendors but it seems the cricketers are not ready to give up their pitch
The tarmac at Patentia cost $13.9M and measures some 2,200 square meters, yet according to residents of the community it serves no purpose presently, except to provide a place of enjoyment and relaxation to stray animals and persons who need a location to play sports.
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