Antigua and Barbuda’s government is pressing forward with its long-delayed campaign to clear derelict vehicles from roadsides and communities, but officials admit the process remains slow and complex.
Director General of Communications Maurice Merchant told reporters at Thursday’s Cabinet press briefing that a team has been assembled and is mapping the country by zones to identify and mark abandoned cars. Once marked, owners are given 14 days to remove them before the state takes control and sends them to the dump.
“The prime minister and the members of the Cabinet are getting very impatient with this process,” Merchant said. “Every time the prime minister speaks about beautification and greening, he expressed his frustration that this process needs to speed along.”
Merchant noted that legal issues complicate the effort, particularly when vehicles sit on property boundaries where owners may claim the right to keep them. Officials say those cases must be handled carefully to avoid disputes.
The cleanup is part of a wider beautification campaign that includes tree-planting along highways and a national cleanup drive next month led by the Defence Force. Officials say the initiatives are aimed at improving aesthetics, boosting tourism appeal, and promoting community pride.
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They need to also deal with these mechanics that take up the road space with vehicles they know they wont fix anytime soon.
Please, please, please, a young thug has a couple of them parked stupidly on the Government road as if he thinks he owns the road, some time ago the government marked one and it was never moved now he gas two it’s right in Bolans on the road to The Orchid Supermarket
Not that I am against this but there needs to be some kind of cost to the owners or mechanics or whoever. If not there will just go back and put more right there.
Codrington brother, kelly ,have a old car parked opposite his gate harboring rats, roaches n mongoose ..in Seaview farm . Your guys need to come n remove it because its taken up the road space.