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Taxi drivers entrenched at UG access road
The new parking area for UG taxi drivers
The dispute between Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, and Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, over who has authority to move the UG taxi drivers has been settled.
Yesterday, when Kaieteur News visited the disputed area, the taxi drivers plying the UG access road route, were neatly tucked away on the eastern reserve of the roadway.
According to the drivers, they are quite satisfied with the compromise reached between the Police Commissioner and the Public Works Minister.
On Wednesday last, the issue erupted between the two after Minister Benn contended that public interest will override private agendas. He said that the police were acting out of their jurisdiction when they sought to remove hire cars from Government reserve at the University of Guyana access road, Turkeyen.
He said that he is disappointed to learn that the police, acting on behalf of a private resident, have been moving the drivers of hire cars from the reserve.
The Minister had urged that the police desist from such activity.
Benn stressed that the road reserve belongs to the government and the government can assign areas along that road for activities in the public interest.
Later in the week, Benn, Greene and Traffic Chief, Neil Semple visited the area to resolve the dispute.
The Minister had assured on Sunday that by yesterday the matter would have been resolved. Benn said that the UG students must access their transportation as they take precedence over private interest.
Over the past few weeks, the police were removing hire cars from the area since a private resident in the area complained that they were affecting the value of their property.
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