THE rehabilitation of the Bartica Market on First Avenue, is a major project planned by the township and Mayor Gifford Marshall said that it is in keeping with the township’s clean, green environment project.

The mayor explained that the current infrastructure of the market looks like a bond hence the reason for the rehabilitation works. He stated that “…it looks like a place you store stuff, not a place that people actually sell their goods, so we want to transform that entire market”.

The project will commence in October and the council is currently examining the bill of quantities and other aspects of that initiative, Mayor Marshall explained. The township received a $15M subvention from the Ministry of Communities which will be used to transform the area. The Mayor noted that more money will be spent next year to complete the project.

The Mayor said discussions are also on-going with the Ministry of Agriculture, to lease a Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) building located at 1st Avenue. Those discussions have been in process for some time and the Mayor noted that Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, has stepped in to accelerate the process. Once the negotiations are successful, the building will be converted into a municipal mall.

Mayor Marshall is hopeful that the township will have a market place and a municipal mall, all efforts geared to the development of the green town. (DPI)