TPRC TO REMOVE ILLEGAL CUREPE VENDORS

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Are illegal vendors in Curepe about to face the consequences? The Tunapuna Piarco Regional Corporation (TPRC) has issued a final notice to vendors operating illegally along the Southern Main Road. They have until Wednesday to remove their structures or face demolition.  For some time now, the TPRC has been lenient, often simply moving structures. However, the situation has become a public health concern, with issues like rodent infestations affecting nearby residential areas. The corporation is now taking a firm stance.  Vendors also face fines of $3,000 for breaching the Municipal Corporation Act by erecting illegal structures on the road reserve. While the TPRC is open to relocating vendors to established locations, they are now enforcing regulations to address the growing problem of illegal vending.  #CurepeVendors #IllegalVending #PublicHealth #TPRC

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00:00illegal vendors along the southern main road in curep have been given until wednesday to remove

00:05their structures or have them removed or even demolished we have seen that at least over 30

00:13vendors that are on the road reserve uh involved in illegal vending over uh at least since the

00:22pandemic and this has been brought to our attention several times the council has raised this issue

00:30several times the tpr so we are very lenient and in most instances we tend to move your structure

00:40and carry it to our site and as such you know but in other spaces we have enough reason to demolish

00:49you know we've given you the leniency we've given you the time and right at this point in time we

00:56just ask that persons comply the chairman describes the scene along the southern main road in curep

01:02as a public health nightmare there's a creation of a public health nightmare there over a period of

01:08time we've had several concerns if you take into consideration the persons that live in the east

01:15grove development there are several issues where rodents are concerned you know we've had this

01:21issue of rat beating and and that concern in every part of the region but significantly in that part

01:29and it's only owing to what is taking place there the tunapuna piako regional cooperation warns that vendors

01:36also face fines for the illegal activity the breach in particular is section 127 of the municipal

01:45cooperation act where it speaks to having erected an illegal structure on the road reserve and encroaching

01:52on the road reserve you are liable to a fine of three thousand dollars and um this you know we've been

02:00very lenient over the years you know and we've come to a point in time where we have to put this part

02:07of the act and and and really um bring this to fruition because you only see illegal vending in that

02:15particular part of the region um uh increasing austin says the corporation is open to relocating the vendors

02:25to an established vending location renessa cutting tv6 news

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