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Collapsed Stabroek wharf..,Vendors were warned to move, says Sooba
Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba says that vendors plying their trade near the Stabroek Market wharf were warned that they should move from the area.
Sooba made the remarks after the structure collapsed last Saturday and crushed some stalls.
She said that the vendors were served with written warnings to remove for their own safety from the deteriorating section of the market. That was months earlier, when another part of the wharf had collapsed. However the warnings that were sent by the Administration of the City Constabulary were ignored, she said.
Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba
She added that proposals were made to relocate the vendors to other stalls, which were not being utilized.
“Some of the vendors are stubborn, and not concerned about their own safety, so they chose to remain there”, Sooba said.
Sooba said that for several months, she has been trying to get the City Engineer, Colvern Venture, to start the demolition of the deteriorated wharf structure, but Venture is said to be having trouble getting a scaffold to begin his work.
She claims that, she suggested to Venture, that they borrow or rent a scaffold from any ministry. Sooba noted, however, that she is expecting positive feedback from Venture by today. The Acting Town Clerk said that she hopes that the wharf could be reconstructed as soon as possible.
But contrary to Sooba’s claims, Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green said that the resources are not available to repair the dilapidated wharf. He lamented that the decisions made by the Mayor and Council are being challenged by the Acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba. As such, effective measures are not being taken. The alleged poor management by the Town Clerk was opined to be the “road block” to the rehabilitation.
Prior to Saturday’s incident other portions of the wharf broke away. An October,30,2014, meeting organized by members of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to address issues affecting vendors occupying sections of the badly dilapidated Stabroek Market Wharf, was called off by Town Clerk (Ag), Carol Sooba.
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