Mayor to engage police in restoring order in congested Santa Cruz

Melville Harris, Gleaner Writer

With road markings now complete in the Santa Cruz town centre, chairman of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation Derrick Sangster says discussions will commence with the police in an effort to restore order.

Importantly, Sangster says the municipal corporation will be seeking the assistance of the police in regulating the movement of vehicular traffic along the highly congested Main Street.

"As a municipal corporation, we will be exploring the possibilities of creating no parking and no vending areas along Main Street in Santa Cruz," Sangster told the Gleaner.

"In addition to no parking the possiblity of commencing a clamping system for motorist who continue to flaunt the law and park anywhere with the commercial centre of Santa cruz," the Black River mayor continued.

He pointed out that the municipal corporation will be seeking a meeting with the operators of businesses along the main thoroughfare to work out a method of delivery where there is no off-the-road parking for the delivery of goods to their business establishments.

The mayor further stated that an all out effort will be made to have all operators of public transportation plying routes west of Santa Cruz relocate to the Number 2 transport centre.

However, he said the municipal corporation will the undertaking improvement works to the transport centre before the enforcement is effected.

"We will be putting in some lighting and addition shelter into the Number 2 transport centre before we begin to enforce the use of the transport centre," Sangster explained.