Deputy Mayor Vows to Remove Stray Cattle

Montego Bay’s deputy mayor said stray cattle roaming Fairview’s commercial district will be removed after fresh clean-up work in the area. (jamaicaobserver.com) The pledge came from Councillor Dwight Crawford, the Jamaica Labour Party representative for Spring Garden, after crews power-washed dung from sections of Fairview Office Park on April 22, 2026. Crawford told the *Jamaica Observer* he would “personally tackle” the problem. (jamaicaobserver.com) Fairview is one of Montego Bay’s busiest business zones, with offices and services clustered along Alice Eldemire Drive, including businesses operating out of Fairview Office Park. The cattle issue has turned a commercial corridor into a repeated sanitation and traffic complaint. (jamaicaobserver.com; jm.near-place.com) The problem is not new in St James. In February 2025, Mayor Richard Vernon said the St James Municipal Corporation was committed to confronting stray cattle in communities including Rosevale and Rhyne Park, where residents said the animals endangered lives. (jamaicaobserver.com; jis.gov.jm) That earlier push showed the issue had already spread beyond one neighbourhood and into a wider municipal problem. Crawford’s April 2026 intervention moves the focus to Fairview, a commercial area rather than a residential one. (jamaicaobserver.com; jamaicaobserver.com) Crawford is a sitting councillor for Spring Garden, and the St James Municipal Corporation’s published roster lists him in that division while identifying Montego Bay’s deputy mayor separately on the council slate. The *Jamaica Gleaner* also identified Crawford as deputy mayor in an April 1, 2026 report on a South Gully clean-up. (stjamesmc.gov.jm; jamaica-gleaner.com) The municipal challenge is straightforward: cattle left to roam can block roads, leave waste on pavements and parking lots, and force public crews or property operators to clean up after animals that are not supposed to be there. In Fairview, that clean-up had already reached the point of power washing dung mounds from office-park sections before Crawford made his vow. (jamaicaobserver.com) What happens next is whether the promise turns into removal and enforcement in Fairview. Crawford’s public line was blunt: the cattle’s “days are numbered.” (jamaicaobserver.com)