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The Port-of-Spain City Cor­po­ra­tion has re­vived plans to pedes­tri­anise a sec­tion of Char­lotte Street, say­ing the move could re­duce traf­fic con­ges­tion, im­prove pub­lic safe­ty, and sup­port both ven­dors and brick-and-mor­tar busi­ness­es.

At a pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion at City Hall in Port-of-Spain this week, chaired by Deputy May­or Abi­na Hart­ley, city of­fi­cials pre­sent­ed the pi­lot project, which pro­pos­es clos­ing Char­lotte Street to ve­hic­u­lar traf­fic be­tween Queen Street and In­de­pen­dence Square North up to the Chi­na­town arch­es from 6 am to 8 pm on Thurs­days, Fri­days, and Sat­ur­days.

“This is a con­ver­sa­tion that start­ed un­der then-May­or (Joel) Mar­tinez,” Hart­ley told stake­hold­ers.