The con­tro­ver­sial Christo­pher Colum­bus stat­ue in Port-of-Spain is one step clos­er to be­ing re­moved, as city of­fi­cials have be­gun tech­ni­cal and stake­hold­er con­sul­ta­tions on its re­lo­ca­tion.

Port-of-Spain May­or Chin­ua Al­leyne, along with rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Na­tion­al Trust, the San­ta Rosa First Peo­ples com­mu­ni­ty, and the city’s en­gi­neer­ing team, toured Colum­bus Square in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day to as­sess how best to car­ry out the re­moval.

“We’re do­ing our first tech­ni­cal site vis­it with all the stake­hold­ers,” Al­leyne said.