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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) wishes to inform all citizens and residents that the Derelict Vehicle Removal Program will resume operations every Wednesday effective 21s May 2025.
This program is part of our ongoing effort to maintain the safety, cleanliness, and aesthetic of our community. Derelict or abandoned vehicles not only pose safety hazards but also detract from the visual appearance of our neighborhoods.
According to the Litter Control and Prevention Ac, No. 3 of 2019, Section 13 (1), it states that “Where any derelict vehicle is left in any public place in such circumstances as to cause, contribute to or tend to the defacement of the environment by reason of the presence of such derelict vehicle, the local authority may give notice to the owner or last known owner of the derelict vehicle requiring him to remove the derelict vehicle from the public place within twenty-four hours of such notice.”
What You Need to Know:
* Vehicles considered derelict may include those that are inoperable, unregistered, abandoned on public property, or pose a public safety risk.
* Property owners are responsible for ensuring that any derelict vehicles on their property are removed or properly secured.
We encourage residents to report derelict vehicles by contacting the litter hotline: 727-BINS (2467) or 562-1347.
Let’s work together to keep our community safe and clean.
Let’s go!! It’s time for a change…make Antigua clean orderly and beautiful.
Comment *There is a green car parked infront of a fence at Old Runway with no License plate for over a year. I am told it belong to the young lady who won carnival queen last year. She has been notified but refuses to move it away.
hahhaha. I hope MAX HURST car is the first they go with
Oh Ryan. Incase you have a slight intellectual problem. Derelict Vehicles are vehicles left abandoned for far too long. Max car may be old but it’s not abandoned. Might even be stronger than some of these 2025 Toyota Hilux.
It’s about time. I can point you guys to a few hide away ones. When you reach at the stop light on Whenner Road coming from Valley road or Desouza road, take the very first left.
Such eyesores across the island. Wish u all could go in people yard and removed some of the disturbance.
I would be happy if this was an ongoing venture
This really good from the government. It is about time this gets done.
So what is all this about beautification and greening?
Who he trying to impress?
What about car repair places in the middle of residential areas?
What about gutters in non-populated places not cleaned?
What about removing debris from drains and leaving it to wash back into the same drain?
What about the tar and gravel from road work on people land?
Give me an ASPRIN and PARACETAMOL!!
And all the mini-potholes left to become mammoths for want of a little bitumen?
Cabinet wants to be conveniently frustrated. If a law was in place and implemented, there would be no need for any big drive. The derelict car, once abandoned would be moved forthwith. All the MICROMANAGEMENT, to look like efficiency, but it is only PSEUDO!