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City Hall gears to employ 150 more
Deputy Mayor, Robert Williams
City Hall has already started planning for the second $10M tranche of funding from Government, and according to Deputy Mayor, Robert Williams, it is likely that just about 150 people will be gainfully employed this time around.
Funding from this bout of funding, will be directed to road repairs and other works, as part of enhancement plans to be carried out ahead of the Heads of Government meeting which is slated for early next month.
Williams said out that the first tranche of money was expended on the clearing of areas, primarily in Cummingsburg and Lacytown, and saw the employment of 75 labourers. They were paid a total of $2,500 each day they worked, which was characteristic of them clearing alleyways, drains and parapets, Williams said.
“Persons have seen the works that we have done and there have been comments that the city is beginning to look better in areas that traditionally we were not happy with. If you go into Cummingsburg, you will see lots of improvements. You will see that all streets and parapets have been tidied up.”
The money was also utilised on the repair of vehicles and equipment, Williams noted.
President Bharrat Jagdeo at a simple ceremony last March, disclosed Government’s plan to assist the municipality in its quest to improve the capital city.
He had also stipulated the conditions under which the funding will be made available, asserting that the money will be accessible once the municipality is able to meet some outlined conditions. The city entity was able to tap into the financial support last April, after presenting the government with a detailed proposal of works that the money could fund.
According to City Engineer, Gregory Erskine, the works commenced on April 27 and concluded on May 22, paving the way for preparations for a second tranche. “When we get the next tranche, we will not have to buy things like batteries, tyres and other parts for vehicles, so that extra money will go into labour – people who could possibly be sent to help ongoing works in the cemetery.”
However, this newspaper has learnt that senior governmental officials have outlined that the government funding, which will amount to $120M at the end of 12 months, was not intended for the restoration of the cemetery, but rather, for other enhancement works in the city. The municipality will have to stand the cost of restoring the cemetery, a revelation which has since prompted the city entity to formulate a Restoration Fund.
City Engineer Erskine, said that works in the cemetery are continuing with the assistance of the Prison Service. Prisoners have over the past few weeks been engaged in clearing the overgrowth at the south-western section, and are now working along the eastern section in the vicinity of the Enmore Martyrs burial site, he said.
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