Cap-Haïtien’s indoor market freshened up before city anniversary | PHOTOS

CAP-HAITIEN — Cap-Haïtien’s indoor public market received a much needed makeover earlier this week ahead of the city’s anniversary on Aug. 15. 

The market was closed for 22 days and reopened on Monday after the clean-up project was done. It was its first major clean-up in about four years. 

Before the facelift project, the public market was infested with roaches and other insects. The floor was filled with a musty black liquid that was coming from a clogged drainage system. Workers fixed the drainage system and covered it with cement so the liquid from it does not spill onto the floor.

Some parts of the floor were made of broken pieces of planks but they were taken out and the ground was asphalted during the project. Vendors and customers used to walk on their toes on the planks that were covered with the musty black liquid. But now, they comfortably roam around the market.

Vendors and customers no longer press onto each other when they walk around the market due to limited space. As a result of the makeover, there is much more space inside the reorganized marker. Workers marked where vendors must sit with a blue square on the floor so they leave enough space between each other.

Here is a look at the freshened market environment as vendors put their goods on display on July 24

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