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Business poor for La Penitence vendors
Ever since the commencement of construction of the La Penitence bridge to accommodate the four lane highway, vendors who ply their trade on Sundays outside the market are not too happy with the pace of the work.
For them business has ground to a crawling pace, due to the limited access to them as a result of the construction and there is no telling how soon the situation would return to normal.
“The La Penitence Bridge which is scheduled to be completed next month”
Mary Mentore, one of the many vendors who sell along Saffon Street on Sundays, said that business has been poor because of the closed traffic area between Broad Street and Middle road. The woman stated that before, many persons driving through Saffon Street often stopped and purchased goods.
And those who don’t have their own transportation found it favourable to shop there because of easy access to minibuses, she explained.
This isn’t the case now, Sharon Mendonza said, because most customers wouldn’t want to go through the hassle of having to find parking space. And those who don’t have their own vehicles would have to catch a bus, go to Georgetown, then another to go home because most of them are from the East Bank of Demerara.
Diane Gomes, a vendor within the market, stated that business has been bad for most vendors while a few have managed to keep their customers. The woman was sympathetic for those whose only income comes from vending because at the rate business is going they wouldn’t be able to meet all their expenses. The woman claims that she was informed that the bridge would be completed next month but she doubts it since the works seem to be moving along dreadfully slow.
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