NASSAU — Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ officials, in response to Potter’s Cay Vendors Association on renovation plans, have dismissed the notion that nothing’s been done to renovate Potter’s Cay Dock, the Bahama Journal reported on May 10.
However, some Potter’s Cay vendors like Dwayne Bastian of Tall Boy’s Conch Stand said they are taking matters into their own hands.
“We’ve been waiting now for seven years on the previous government, [and] the government now that is in power,” Bastian said. “In that seven years nothing has happened. They kept on saying that they were going to renovate the stalls, break down all the stalls and rebuild them, but as far as I’m seeing nothing has happened as yet.”
Noting that his shop is in a bad state, Bastian said it “is not up to the mark to actually feed people from, for them to come and eat conch salad.”
“These stalls are not only stalls, these are restaurants and bars,” he said. “So I couldn’t go another day feeding people out of the state my shop was in,” Bastian added.
Bastian said once the work is completed, he would have spent approximately $30,000 to fully rebuild his stall. However, the government has advised stall owners time and time again not to invest any significant funds into renovating stalls, but to wait for the official commencement of the renovation program instead.
