The association of street vendors and kiosk owners who run small businesses on Santo Domingo’s main seafront thoroughfare, the Malecon, held a meeting yesterday to discuss the planned artificial island. The traders were unanimous in their opposition to the controversial idea, and demanded a statement on the issue by the capital city’s municipal authorities. Adding that they were also against the forthcoming Sans Souci development, they declared that they would resist eviction when the time came, if necessary.