Dear Mr. Editor,
FOR quite some time now I have been observing on social media the engineers associated with City Hall have been busy with a massive clean-up campaign within the city through the demolition of unlawful erections situated on the government property and the cleaning of the city drainage systems just to name a few.

But my real concern lies where I live, in Albouystown, where my neighbours have constructed their bridge to be 10” high with huge boulders bordering the edges restricting a smooth flow of traffic. This was reported to the Town Clerk who ordered that the boulders be removed and taken away. This was done immediately but the bridge was left untouched and is still being a hindrance to traffic, as it extends onto the road with the neighbours claiming they own everything.

Upon further investigating this matter, we found out that one specific engineer (name provided) was the driving force behind them making such claims. Permit me to remind you that this was the same engineer who demolished a small 4” border on a bridge situated just opposite the popular Seeta’s Bar, yet he decided to leave the eyesore claiming it’s their bridge and they are free to do as they please.

Recently, the Guyana Water Inc. conducted maintenance works in the area and again, my neighbours took the boulders that were dug out of the road and lined their bridge once again. Have they no respect for the rules set down by the City Hall? – as once again the engineer previously identified is their go to person when they want to be in total disregard to the laws governing the city.

Do we really need such an engineer in City Hall at a time when we are trying to eliminate corruption in our country?

Regards,
Vikash Lilah