DISCUSSIONS on the renaming of the street on which sits the Chinese Embassy will continue in another two weeks’ time when Georgetown Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, returns to Guyana from her official overseas visit.
Town Clerk, Royston King, told the Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday that discussions are still ongoing regarding the project although initial cleaning works have already been started.
Former Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Limin, had requested to adopt the street and to have it renamed “Fuzhou Road” in honour of the great relationship between the cities of Georgetown and China’s Fuzhou.
The greenlight has reportedly already been given by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) for the renaming of the street, which had subsequently drawn criticism from some sections of society.
“The Chinese Ambassador has asked to adopt the street where the Chinese embassy is now and they have sent to us a draft of what that street should look like. Some works have already started – the revetment of one side of that street – and it will continue on the other side with street lamps that are either solar panel or energy savers…and an arch. One of the model streets of Fuzhou will be an example of what will be there,” the Mayor had informed.