SCS fires 60 parking wardens

The Smart City Solutions headquarters at Albert and Crown streets, Queenstown. The building had been used as the elections headquarters for the APNU+AFC coalition in 2015.

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