Repairs to Kitty Market resume this week

THE vendors of Kitty Market who were displaced to facilitate repair works there are likely to return inside shortly, City Engineer Colvern Venture said on Sunday.

Venture had announced at last week’s statutory meeting that the repair work will resume this week.

In an invited comment, he said works are likely to restart by Tuesday.

According to him, focus is being placed on completing the section of the market that will see the vendors now selling on the roadsides, returning inside.

“We want to finish this section so they can now vend in a much safer manner,” he said, pointing out that about 75 per cent of the work on this part of the market has been completed.

Venture said repairs are still to be done on the plumbing and electrical aspects of the structure, together with some concrete work on the floor that they intend to raise.

Asked if the stallholders would be required to pay an increase in rent, Venture said: “I would expect that the stall rental would be increased because we spent a lot of money on the market. But I am not the person to pronounce on that; maybe the full Council will decide.”