Mon Repos vendors upset over ‘sudden’ relocation for four-lane extension

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On the right are some of the Mon Repos Market stalls that have to be removed to facilitate the extension of the East Coast four-lane road. (Photo by Arian Browne)
On the right are some of the Mon Repos Market stalls that have to be removed to facilitate the extension of the East Coast four-lane road. (Photo by Arian Browne)

By Shakisa Harvey

Mon Repos Market vendors yesterday decried plans to relocate them without sufficient notice to facilitate the extension of the East Coast four-lane road, even as Minister in the Ministry of Local Government, Norman Whittaker assured that he never indicated that they would be moved immediately.

According to Rajkumar Sookdeo, who has been selling at the market for about 10 years,