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May 07, 2013 News
Four distinct sub-committees have been established to reinforce the restoration of the city. During a recent press conference, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Greene listed four groups on board.
“The four committees set are the Technical committee, the Mobilisation committee, Public Awareness committee, and the Solid Waste Management committee,” Greene said
According to the Deputy Mayor, APNU parliamentarian Volda Lawrence, who is responsible for the Parliamentary motion will be heading one of Technical committees while other persons involved include Minister Norman Whittaker, Public Relations Consultant Kit Nascimento, and Attorney at law Joe Harmon.
Meanwhile, Georgetown Mayor held out that the council fully supports the project to restore the city.
“Several meetings have been scheduled and held to have the project carefully planned out. The city’s restoration is beyond politics and Government. You can count on City Hall’s full support to restore Georgetown to its former glory, once the goals are going to be achieved through shared responsibility.”
According to Green, workers of City Hall, officials of the Local Government Ministry and other stakeholders have met, shared their concerns and have mapped out a feasible plan.”
Green viewed the project as one of essence while noting that “the restoration of Georgetown will benefit all Guyanese and will secure a legacy of a clean, healthy and excellent city for future generations.
Several weeks back, the mayor met with city vendors and gave them an ultimatum to get their act together or risk being removed from city pavements.
Mayor Green, charged vendors to do their part in ensuring that wherever they vend is favourable to the municipality and their methods of disposal are environmentally friendly. He had asked vendors to take responsibility for their respective areas of business.
Vendors were also instructed to use “proper material” on their set-ups so as to not make the city ugly. They were told to keep drains and gutters in their areas clean, to have portable waste baskets or bins, to desist from blocking pavements and passageways, and to further carry themselves in a presentable manner since the whole idea was to “beautify” the vending trade amidst the restoration programme.
As a result, Green says that vendors have complied with the requirements thus far while adding that some have even moved on their own creating less congestion in pertinent areas of Georgetown.
According to the Mayor there is still much to be desired, as he pointed out a critical and growing problem affecting the city’s development.
The restoration project was initiated after APNU’s, Volda Lawrence, was able to secure a unanimous vote for a Bill to restore and beautify Georgetown back to its once glorified state as the garden city of the Caribbean.
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