Garbage truck obstacle

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — A derelict garbage truck is standing in the way of plans by the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) to establish temporary headquarters, prompting Falmouth Mayor C Junior Gager to give the vehicle’s owner an ultimatum to remove it or face having it towed. Gager, who is also chairman of the TMC, told Thursday’s regular monthly meeting of the corporation that the truck is occupying the spot earmarked for two newly acquired containers, which are to be converted into offices and a meeting room. He said repeated attempts to locate the owner have failed, despite the corporation obtaining contact information for a person believed to be associated with the vehicle. “We have a garbage truck that is parked on the premises of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation for some time now. We have tried all that we can. It seems to be maybe a private contractor. We have tried to reach him.

We cannot reach him,” Gager said. With the project considered urgent, Gager said the TMC would not allow the abandoned vehicle to delay the work. The abandoned garbage truck on the Trelawny Municipal Corporation’s Roads and Works premises which is preventing the corporation from setting up temporary headquarters. Photos: Horace Hines “If the truck isn’t removed within maybe another day or two, we’ll be taking it out and we’ll be placing it in an open land,” he warned. The ultimatum comes as the TMC continues to operate from makeshift facilities following severe damage inflicted by Hurricane Melissa to its previous location at the historic Falmouth Courthouse last October. The local authority is currently operating from containerised units on the grounds of its Roads and Works premises, while other functions have been squeezed into the Roads and Works building. Its monthly meetings…