SCS fires 60 parking wardens

Central government remained optimistic yesterday about a renegotiation of the terms for the suspended metered parking project, while contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS) has already fired 60 wardens who had been hired for enforcement. Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday told reporters that central government has not taken a position on what will happen with the project after its three-month suspension as it is hoping that good sense will prevail and a favourable outcome would result from the temporary halt. At a post-Cabinet press briefing, Harmon said that government is ready “to support a process of negotiation and consultation which will result in a favourable outcome; that is an outcome where the council, Smart City Solutions and stakeholders, that is citizens, all are ad idem [achieve a meeting of the minds] on the issues relating to the parking meter project and the contract itself.”