Construction of a new market at Savalalo, Apia at where the flea market was located, is tentatively scheduled to start before the end of the year.
The CEO of the Samoa Lands Corporation, Ulugia Petelo, told the Savaii newspaper bids for the design closed on May 2nd and will be processed through the normal channels.
The next phase will be bidding for the construction contract.
The Human Rights Protection Party government had planned to move the market to Sogi and had relocated families living there to make way for the project.
The new Faatuatua i le Atua Ua Tasi (FAST) Administration has decided to build the market where it was before.
It will be an exclusive Flea Market, for small family business operators in handicrafts, food stalls, clothes and more.
