Mash Parade route extended
Revelers down the Brickdam route for the Jubilee Float parade last year
Revelers down the Brickdam route for the Jubilee Float parade last year

THE route for the February 23 Mashramani float parade has been extended and will now begin at the corners of Church Street and Avenue of the Republic and end at Durban Park, with a total 200 vending spots available along the route.This was disclosed at a press conference at the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports boardroom, which addressed by Minister Nicolette Henry and Event Coordinator, Lennox Canterbury.

The decision follows calls that the previous route, which started at Stabroek Square and proceeded down Brickdam, was too small and would not give companies enough mileage for their investment.

Canterbury said this influenced the move for the change from having the parade start off at Stabroek Square.

“We didn’t change it, we extended it, it’s still on Brickdam, it’s still at Durban Park, but we considered what some of the stakeholders said about it being too short so we see how we could’ve accommodated that and we extended it,” Canterbury said.

The parade will still end at the Durban Park facility; however, since according to Canterbury “we’ve “outgrown the National Park”, and Durban Park being bigger, is more accommodating.
For the new route, after starting off, the floats will proceed South on the western carriageway of the Avenue of the Republic, then east into Brickdam, proceeding to square of the Revolution and then into the Durban Park, entering from the south-western entrance.

However, this route will not apply to the children’s segment of the parade, which will still be commencing from the Stabroek Market Square, and then proceed down Brickdam into Durban Park.

Judges for the floats and bands will be stationed at three main points: at the starting point; when they turn from Avenue of the Republic into Brickdam; and then at the end, at Durban Park.

For the vending along the route, Henry said some 130 of the 200 spots have already been taken.

Spots start from as low as $10,000 for a 10×10 space; however, consideration has been extended to existing vendors, who already vend every day on a spot along the route, and will not have to pay to vend.

Henry confirmed that bigger spots are available and beverage giants Banks DIH, Ansa McAl and DDL have all taken spots to vend. Registration for vending began last Monday and will end on February 14.

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