Last Updated on January 29, 2020, 7:35 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Local authorities of St Lucia have cautioned drivers who park wrongfully or drive without the necessary documents that their vehicles will be towed away to a new vehicle pound.
The new vehicle pound is predicted to be working before the finish of February 2020. It will be situated in Union.
Transport Minister Guy Joseph has bemoaned that residents don’t appear to have any respect for transit regulations.
Joseph, a previous President of the National Council on Public Transportation, communicated alert at the number auto collisions in Saint Lucia.
While likewise communicating worry about wanderer vehicles out and about, Joseph noticed that the Ministry of Transport couldn’t erect a pound for vehicles.
“We are putting the pound for the vehicles – that is our obligation,” he told journalists.
“As I address you, the fencing is going up for the vehicle pound. I anticipate some time in February – when we execute our leaving meters in Castries, the vehicle pound will be prepared,” Joseph revealed Monday.
He said with the vehicle pound set up, the police will have a safe spot to which to tow away vehicles that are found disregarding the laws.
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