Members of the Executive of the Trafalgar Council paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation, Mayor Desmond McKenzie and in so doing met with a high powered team (Deputy Mayor Lee Clarke, Town Clerk Lincoln Evans, City Engineer, Norman Shand and the Director of Planning) from the local authority to discuss the issues of creeping commercialization and flawed urban planning in the Golden Triangle, Trafalgar Park and the residential sections of New Kingston. Further some discussion also occurred regarding the breaches that have occurred in the commercial parts of New Kingston with Mayor indicating that the KSAC will be reviewing those matters presently. Indeed, in a frank yet cordial atmosphere the issues were ventilated and the groundwork was completed for further collaboration. In fact the discussions were so successful that convenor of the Trafalgar Council Joseph Cox has hinted that a “big announcement” could be anticipated by early next week but declined to elaborate further. Fellow Trafalgar Council Executive Jason Lawson and Councillor for the Trafalgar Division, Waderoy Clarke were similarly tightlipped.
In a related item the Mayor has instructed his City Engineer and Director of Planning to investigate an abandoned construction site at the corner of Pawsey Road and Altamont Crescent where a huge hole has been excavated but subsequently abandoned but which has been creating quite a nuisance. In that vein a tough talking Mayor has advised members of the community who are being adversely affected by improper disposal of construction waste, particularly by those who seek to burn the waste, that they should contact the NSWMA, the Police and the Public Health Department as he indicated that it was not merely a nuisance, but a criminal matter, noting the noxious fumes which can emanate from burning those materials. Mayor McKenzie indicated that there is a designated area for construction waste at the Riverton Landfill and hence there was no excuse for improper disposal.
In a related item the Mayor has instructed his City Engineer and Director of Planning to investigate an abandoned construction site at the corner of Pawsey Road and Altamont Crescent where a huge hole has been excavated but subsequently abandoned but which has been creating quite a nuisance. In that vein a tough talking Mayor has advised members of the community who are being adversely affected by improper disposal of construction waste, particularly by those who seek to burn the waste, that they should contact the NSWMA, the Police and the Public Health Department as he indicated that it was not merely a nuisance, but a criminal matter, noting the noxious fumes which can emanate from burning those materials. Mayor McKenzie indicated that there is a designated area for construction waste at the Riverton Landfill and hence there was no excuse for improper disposal.
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