Christiana clampdown

CHRISTIANA, Manchester — Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell says, effective today, there will be a clampdown on unapproved buildings and illegal vending, as part of enforcement activities in the south-central town of Christiana.

“Yesterday (Wednesday) I came into Christiana and as the chairman of the local Board of Health I spent about five hours walking the streets of Christiana. I visited the abattoir. I visited the market. I visited the transportation centre. I looked at some businesses [and] buildings going up. I know at the council meeting early this month I made a statement and some people are up in arms and all of that… What is happening in the parish will not continue,” he said on Thursday while addressing the launch of Sam Fo Meats mobile application on Wildman Street in Christiana.

“I said it yesterday (Wednesday) to my team that Wildman Street, please be prepared, because I am going to be changing the entire look of Wildman Street. There will absolutely be no selling on the street. I am warning the businesses that are putting their sewage and grey water into our water channels to stop and stop before tomorrow [Friday] morning, because a team from the public health service will be coming out and we are going to make sure it cannot continue,” added Mitchell.