Dear Editor
THE Mayor and City Council was contacted by the government with respect to activities at the Stabroek Market square to mark Guyana’s 51st Independence Anniversary on the 26th May, 2017. As a result, the council is in the process of putting in place arrangements to sanitise that entire area. This includes: washing and remedial works to certain sections of the Stabroek Market front, washing and cleaning Stabroek Market, particularly under the canopy and its immediate periphery, including the drains around that facility, the removal of garbage and other rubbish from the square, resurfacing of the tarmac and washing and cleaning the entire area. Also, installation of lights, signs and other facilities for appropriate national decorations. These works will disrupt vending activities in that area for a short period.
The Clerk of Markets and the Public Health and Markets Committee will reach out to all those vendors who ply their trade in that area to inform them and to seek their cooperation with this effort to facilitate anniversary activities.
These arrangements involve other governmental agencies, groups and individuals. Over the next few days, the City Engineer, Chief Constable, Public Health Inspectorate, Clerk of Markets and Solid Waste Director will visit the area, to determine the resources necessary to achieve the objective to have that area effectively sanitised, and ready for the anniversary.
Regards
Royston King
Town Clerk
City of Georgetown