Illegal Signage - Court Win

[Sumana.00]

The Ministry of Works and Infrastructure was successful in court recently after a Tunapuna Magistrate found a well-known company guilty of illegally advertising on the Ministry’s road reserves. The company was ordered to remove all illegal advertising in accordance with the Highways Act and Regulations. This victory comes on the heels of an ongoing illegal signage removal exercise being undertaken by MOWI’s Supplemental Police Unit.

Estate Constables attached to MOWI have been patrolling and removing all illegal signage and other paraphernalia placed on the Ministry’s Infrastructure at various locations across the country. In cases where persons and businesses continue to breach the law or ignore the warnings of the Ministry, Supplemental Police Officers have laid charges against them in several Magistrates Courts and those matters are pending.

The public is advised that it is illegal to place signs, advertisements, billboards, structures or any similar type of device on any of the following Ministry assets; traffic lights, medians, bridges, walkovers, road reserves, without prior written authorisation from the Ministry. Persons and organisations who engage in this activity are asked to desist immediately. Further, the public is advised that the Legal Unit is working towards amending our laws with a view to increasing the fines for persons or companies found guilty of this practice.

The illegal signage removal exercise is being carried out in the interest of road safety as these illegal advertising displays conflict with authorised traffic signs, are distracting to motorists and deface the property of the Ministry.

[Rory Phoulorie]

The MOWI needs to go and remove everything that is not supposed to be within its road reserves.

[black start]

What about the company that does advertise "cheap windows" from toco to icacos! Them fellas good....

[Dizzy28]

Too much ugly signboards on the highway. They should all be removed, even the ones on private lands.

[noshownogo]

Digital sign boards are the worse offenders, distracting drivers in the day and blinding at night.

[LalChun]

The digital one on the highway right b4 Fens in chaguanas is distracting

[pugboy]

The digital one by chancellor kapok hill

[pioneer]

Remove those dotish nutsmen and waterboys too.

[De Dragon]

Remove those dotish nutsmen and waterboys too.

And dem windshield cleaners/pests

[SR]

Street vendors on the highways and intersections need to be removed illegal vending and a danger to traffic

[pioneer]

Yeah to prevent those idiots who decide to slam brakes to buy papers.

Remove em all.

[pugboy]

And pavement doubles vendors

[Bizzare]

What evidence is there to prove that the company advertised on the sign is responsible for placing the sign there?

[nervewrecker]

Nice!

[zoom rader]

Remove those dotish nutsmen and waterboys too.

Doh say that dem is rfari illegal immigrant breadwin.

[christopherwilliams2]

Remove those dotish nutsmen and waterboys too.

And dem windshield cleaners/pests

really annoying..putting the wipers on your window..THEN they asking...

[Slartibartfast]

And pavement doubles vendors

Woh woh woh.... take it easy eh. You lookin to close down 95% of doubles vendors in the country or wat. I predict if they were to do that, there would be a sharp increase in unemployment and national hunger. This will affect the crime rate like unemployment and hunger always do. With increased crime rate, you will see increased gang presence. With increased gang presence there may be a rise in the popularity of gangster rap again. This would cause all dem youths dem to drop out of school to be gangsters where they will eventually shoot eachother in gang related incidents.

So please, keep the pavement doubles vendors.... think of the children

[Slartibartfast]

What evidence is there to prove that the company advertised on the sign is responsible for placing the sign there?

I'm guessing they will most likely initiate the legal process by placing a phone call to the advertised company. If the phone number is not on the sign, like it usually is, the company number can normally be found on facebook, website or yellow pages (most likely in that order). The officer will then converse with a company representative to ascertain whether the company itself is at fault or if the company contracted the expertise of an advertising company or individual.

[DVSTT]

Remove those dotish nutsmen and waterboys too.

And dem windshield cleaners/pests

Yes! They are a nuisance

[Slartibartfast]

If I see them coming I normally just put on my wipers and water jets and they get the idea.

But in case they don't, I do the same with my rear wipers when they walking past my car

[MG Man]

And pavement doubles vendors

and gyro men who 'reserve' a section of road / sidewalk

[kiran8977]

They should go and patrol the condition of the roads instead

[Dizzy28]

And pavement doubles vendors

and gyro men who 'reserve' a section of road / sidewalk

Speaking of reserving roads and sidewalks.............Is there any legality to them Avenue "stush" places who reserve the roadway in front their business places for the Bentleys, Benzs and Ranges?

[JoKeR1980]

Illegal?

anyway, I will volunteer to buss down the Trius signs

IBTriniHooker

yes...Hooker

[MG Man]

And pavement doubles vendors

and gyro men who 'reserve' a section of road / sidewalk

Speaking of reserving roads and sidewalks.............Is there any legality to them Avenue "stush" places who reserve the roadway in front their business places for the Bentleys, Benzs and Ranges?

nope...you cannot 'reserve' a section of public roadway

[Dizzy28]

And pavement doubles vendors

and gyro men who 'reserve' a section of road / sidewalk

Speaking of reserving roads and sidewalks.............Is there any legality to them Avenue "stush" places who reserve the roadway in front their business places for the Bentleys, Benzs and Ranges?

nope...you cannot 'reserve' a section of public roadway

Nice............I going and move the cones and park up in front Nuvo Sera normal normal tonight.
If they ask I telling them MG Man say I could!!

[pioneer]

And pavement doubles vendors

and gyro men who 'reserve' a section of road / sidewalk

Like by valpark, just need one crazy truck jiva to pass and clearwey that hotdog stand.

[geodude]

Hope they keep cracking down when election season rolls around.

[S_2NR]

Street vendors on the highways and intersections need to be removed illegal vending and a danger to traffic

When I coming through is horn and bright lights.. if they end up tasting my bumper its all their fault.

[pugboy]

Trius is joke compared to trevor sayers