WRECKING CLAMPDOWN IN POS

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A tough warning tonight for motorists heading into the capital. Port of Spain City Corporation resumed its wrecking operations, and within hours, several drivers paid the price. As the city expands its enforcement programme, officials say the goal is order — not revenue. Urvashi Tiwari Roopnarine has more.

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00:00like the saying goes check yourself before you wreck yourself it's just about noon and already

00:11several motorists in the capital will force to shell out hundreds of dollars to retrieve

00:17their vehicles after being caught parking indiscriminately across port of Spain

00:22the active activity operation here this morning around 10 years thus so far we have wrecked 10 vehicles

00:28we want to urge the public to please utilize the parking facilities around the city

00:36there are plenty of parking facilities available within the city so they're going to go through this exercise

00:42and we're going to pay 500 hours to this in order to retrieve the vehicle

00:48port of spain mayor chinwa alane says the first phase of the program focused on west port of

00:54spain where impounded cars were taken to dock road but to expand the operation the south key

01:01impound lot located just opposite courts needed additional investment and preparation

01:07last financial year through our development program we use our resources

01:18to be able to build a police force here to support not just parking enforcement in the city of port of

01:24spain but also to support the deployment of officers from the city police or from the other national

01:30security agencies to be able to deploy from this space the mayor stresses this is not a cash grab system

01:37which many on social media claim but it is a necessary enforcement tool given the chaos caused by illegal

01:44parking we frequently get complaints from the ptsc that buses are stopped stopped on the street corners

01:51that they can pass we get complaints from the fire service that their appliances are not able to

01:56traverse the city just as we were making our way to this facility we witnessed an ambulance struggling to

02:03make its way across independent square north and the taxi drivers in particular have reached out to us by way of

02:09phone call by letter we have meetings with different taxi driver associations they are complaining that

02:15the taxi stands are being used as parking lots and they are not able to apply the trade city officials

02:21are urging workers and visitors to make use of the various paid parking facilities across port of spain

02:27we have in the past received correspondence from music court relative to the parking uh on richmond street

02:34uh and the indiscriminate parking that is happening in the city of the parking so that we are aware that as

02:40people park indiscriminately there are legal parking spaces available that we cannot make use of uh that is not

02:47necessarily the focus of our initiative the focus we need here is ensuring the safety and security of the

02:53motoring and traveling public in particular street quarters by hydrants pedestrian process but still

02:59the clampdown caught some off guard including this bank worker who parked in the wrong place i did park

03:07somewhere with a new parking sign initially but when i realized that i did move my car closer to my job

03:13because i thought it would have been safer but i guess not um so yeah i still get wrecked still here first

03:20christmas time who has actually 500 to just jump out to get back to their own car but i mean it is what

03:26it is right now with a newborn she says the inconvenience will definitely affect her routine

03:35try to reach early on gap better park i don't know i i did ask and they said if we can't find

03:41parking on the streets you have to utilize paid car parks but is that an option for you realistically no

03:48because these car boxes are not very pricey already lighting towers have been installed to ensure

03:54vehicles are properly secured at the impound lot for now only cash is accepted but by weeks and

04:02drivers will also be able to pay via links and a final warning for motorists this crackdown

04:09isn't just for the christmas season the operation will continue straight through to carnival

04:15urvashi towari rubnarine tv6 news

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