By Kira Carrington, journalist of democracy

The owners of several catering trucks in an empty land in the middle of Blenheim are concerned that they will be hindered after the land bought through the Marlborough district council.

Mayor Nadine Taylor said the site reserved for progression as a network space, and that the Council would request public comments when exploring the options.

Blaha said he expected the council to allow them to remain there.

“I would be satisfied if we can agree with them,” Blaha said.

“We are small businesses.

Blaha said the council can only integrate catering trucks into an area that extracts more CBD pedestrian traffic. He estimated that the lot can adapt to one hundred people.

Alson his owner of Orange Eats said he had already gone.

A Board spokesman said that through a distinctive characteristic of reservations and other public puts 2017, no one can take advertising activities in public lands without the written approval of the Council.

“When cellular catering truck owners have approached the Council in the CBD in the past, these requests have been rejected in deference to other rates payment corporations in the CBD,” said the spokesman.

“However, in this case, the Council is in conditions of paintings with food truck operators to receive their past arrangements and read about the appropriate characteristics in the future. “

Anna Hamman, owner of the neighboring company, The Sewing Store, said it would be wonderful if the trucks could stay.

“The business is slow.

“The new library is very good. On weekends, there are many other people with their children. But alone, I think it’s not enough. “

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