Kitty Market rehabilitation at a standstill

Mar 01, 2014 News

While the rehabilitation of the Kitty Market remains on the agenda of the Mayor and City Council, (MCC), lack of consensus among administrative officers has the process at a standstill.
On Wednesday, Chairman of the Market and Public Health Committee, Ranwell Jordan revealed that the Council had initially agreed on having the vendors of Kitty Market relocated to an alternative site to make way for the renovation.
He however noted that the process to rehabilitate the Kitty landmark has been placed on the back burner.
“The Council would still hope to restore the Kitty Market to its original state but to date no advertisements has been sent out inviting suitably qualified persons to answer the call for tenders,” Jordan said while noting that the relevant information is currently in the hands of the Council’s administration.
“The Town Clerk and her team were tasked with sending out the advertisements.”
When the proposal for the rehabilitation was made last September, members of the Kitty Market Action Committee listed security, and improved sanitation among their chief concerns.
Meanwhile, the Kitty Market remains derelict, with stallholders risking their lives on a daily basis to earn a living. Speaking with Kaieteur News earlier this week, stallholders noted that the structure is continuously deteriorating.
“The building is decaying day by day; you can see that more boards are falling off because the building is rotten …we have been calling for immediate redress but to date all we get is promises… no action from the Government or the Council.”
Last September, Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Greene disclosed that efforts were underway to rehabilitate the Kitty Market.
Chase -Greene told media operatives that the market was identified as a major hazard by the fire department.
The Deputy Mayor has said that the Council was in the process of seeking assistance from the Government and other interested persons for the rehabilitation of structure.
The MCC official had been adamant that preserving the architectural design of the market and ensuring that the original vendors are not displaced is of chief concern to the municipality, and was the main conditionality under which the market will be rehabilitated.
“Whosoever acquires the contract to rebuild the Kitty Market will have to maintain the heritage structure of the building as well as give place to the original vendors.”

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