The National Capital District Commission (NCDC) will begin enforcing spot fines on vendors not conducting businesses in designated markets.
The spot fines will come into effect next month.
In an announcement this week, the NCDC said all vendors, hawkers and sellers using public areas to make business should start returning to proper designated markets to conduct their vending.
City manager Leslie Alu said NCDC reserve police, with assistance from the Royal PNG Constabulary, will purposefully remove all illegal and unwanted vending and make sure all vendors return to city markets.
The enforcement is part of the ‘Operesen Klinim Mosbi’ (Operation clean Moresby), which was launched in July.
Up until September, NCDC Reserve Police and health inspectors will be stepping up the awareness campaign by visiting targeted areas to urge vendors to move away from these public spaces. Targeted are all public areas such as shop fronts and bus stops.
"Our enforcement officers will be guided by the relevant laws on Informal Development Control Act, the Public Health Regulations, Food Sanitation Regulation and others," Alu said.
"The public must know that Port Moresby is not a village but a modern city and the capital city of PNG, guided by laws, rules and regulations established for the benefit of everyone and we are simply enforcing these laws."
A spot fine of up to K200 will be imposed on offenders. Failure to pay will see offenders perform community service.