FALMOUTH, Trelawny — More than a dozen informal structures on the Falmouth fishing beach are to be bulldozed on Friday morning. The local authority says the buildings are being used by sex workers and their children who have made life hell for the rest of the community.

Removal of the structures will be done by a team from the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) which has served occupants with demolition notices.

According to mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the TMC C Junior Gager, some of the illegal settlers dispose of their waste on the grounds of the bordering Falmouth All-Age School.

Speaking at the regular monthly meeting of the TMC on Thursday, the mayor also highlighted that the school community is constantly disturbed by loud music from their noisy neighbours, who are illegally connected to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) lines.

“For some time now there has been some amount of illegal settlements on Rodney Street at the fisherman’s village. This has been affecting the Falmouth Primary School and the school community, so much so that the school has written to us asking for help,” Gager told the meeting.

“They do not have latrines; they discard all their waste on the school compound. Their children are molesting the little children there. They have illegal JPS connections; they have their loud music playing during school sessions. How can that be?” Gager said.

Speaking with the Jamaica Observer following the meeting, the mayor revealed that there will be no leniency extended to the group.

“We are currently finalising an operation, in collaboration with the JCF (Jamaica Constabulary Force) to demolish all the illegal structures in that area. So I warn all of those people, no amount of begging will stop the demolition of those illegal structures that are there,” he advised.

“We have pointed out all of these to the necessary authorities and our team went out there and we served notices on all these illegal buildings. The police are there with us, supporting us. We have served notices on the occupiers of the premises to quit and vacate the property as this is the property of the municipal corporation,” he added.

Commander of the Trelawny Police Division Superintendent Winston Milton guaranteed the police’s support.

“We stand by ready to assist whenever they are,” Superintendent Milton told the Observer.

The Falmouth mayor stressed that the municipal corporation will not sit idly by and allow individuals to taint the image of the fishing beach which has the potential to become a tourist attraction.

“We as a town, a parish capital that has lots of development, and a port where tourists arrive here by numbers… the fishing village should be one of the attractions in the area. Yet people see it fit to turn it into something that will disgrace us as a town,” he said.

“Well, we will not allow that and we are moving forward. This isn’t politics, you know, this is protection of the town; this is protection of the environment, protection of our young children… going to school. So, ladies and gentlemen, don’t listen to the cries that you will hear but pay attention to the buildings that will be removed,” he said.