The following is a press statement which was issued by the Trafalgar Council on March 12, 2008
KSAC Mayor Senator Desmond McKenzie has received the backing of the Trafalgar Council on his call for the establishment of a Municipal Court to treat with breaches of the building codes. However, in lending their support to the Mayor’s call for the establishment of a Municipal Court, the Trafalgar Council is also concerned that work at a controversial building site on Donhead Avenue in Seymour Lands, where a fatality occurred earlier this week, had continued undetected by the Building Inspectors for approximately six weeks after the initial cease and desist order was allegedly issued on January 22, 2008.
The Council notes that this issue points to a flawed process of oversight, by the Local Authority and can only serve to undermine the effectiveness of the rules and principles, governing the building trade. Whereas, this may be reflective of inadequate capacity at the level of the local authority, the issues at hand are so grave that they must be addressed urgently, in an effort to optimize efficiency, as the current modus operand is untenable.
The Seymour Lands community in particular is in the midst of a construction boom and therefore knowledge of an effective monitoring mechanism within the KSAC and the requisite assurances of a willingness to act on breaches with dispatch are critical to our collective interests. Indeed, specific assurances are required, that all projects currently being undertaken in Seymour Lands, have KSAC approval and are not proceeding despite the issuance of stop orders. Indeed already there are projects in the community, which routinely obstructs traffic flows, stores and dumps construction material on the sidewalks and indeed illustrates a need for strict enforcement of construction regulations. Hence the establishment of a Municipal Court is deemed to be an important component in the establishment of an orderly approach to development.
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