Variety visited the area and saw eight junk cars in the parking area near the village’s basketball court.
A resident, who declined to be identified, said students and residents playing at the basketball court have to use the adjacent private property for parking.
“The junk cars have been there for over a year now,” the resident said.
Alexander C. Garrnado admitted to Variety that he owned two of the seven junk vehicles.
The other cars, he said, belonged to another person.
Garnado promised to remove his junk cars on Saturday.
Variety was informed yesterday that one of the junk cars had been removed from the area already.
John Aldan, operation manager of the Saipan’s mayor field office, said they will start retrieving junk cars next week.
Personnel of the mayor’s field operation office in Lower Base are currently working on the Tapuchao road and the parking lot in the area in preparation for Good Friday, he said.
Aldan said junk cars on government property will be removed even without notifying their owners.
But they need authorization from owners of junk cars on private lots, he added.
The problem of junk vehicles is not only limited to Gualo Rai, and some of its residents are hoping that the Neighborhood Watch Task Force will also be formed in their village.
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