There are many illegal structures in Monrovia. Structures placed on sidewalks, government land, other people property, etc. Stuctures that are marked for removal have XMPW painted on them like the container in the picture above.

Structures in Wroto Town "Airfield" that were marked and not remove by the owners, were demolished on Saturday, February 9th, 2008 by the Ministry of Public Works. Some of the comments I heard were "So, the old ma was serious ehn". "We didn't move it, because we thought the government didn't have money to fix the road."

 

 

These folks are taking down the shade to their shop that was partly built on the sidewalk. Because they and others have built on the sidewalk, or place large objects like containers and booths on the sidewalk, people are forced to walk on the road.