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Return the alleyways to the city

Jul 21, 2015 News

– Town Clerk urges businesses

“The Council is working on a permanent plan to maintain the city while tending to the needs of its citizens and facilitating commercial activities as legally stipulated,” said Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown Royston King.
His disclosure was quoted in a statement issued yesterday which highlighted that pallets and other objectionable structures are contributing to flooding in the city.
Moreover, the M&CC is calling on all vendors operating within the central commercial areas of the city to remove all pallets, boxes, vending trays and other objects that are being left on the Council’s thoroughfares, pavements and open spaces, on a daily basis.
This appeal was made in light of the continued overtopping experiences and efforts to facilitate regular maintenance of these areas.
According to the statement the recently appointed Town Clerk has stressed that “these objectionable structures are contributing to the flood situation, since it prevents the free-flow of storm water particularly in the Water and Regent Street areas.”
It was further revealed that it was noticed during recent clean-up activities that a number of old and rotting pallets, in particular, were tossed into city canals. Glass and plastic bottles, food boxes and other objects clogged drains, gutters and other flows.
“The Council is making this request as it intends to seek the help of the Fire Service to wash the streets at least twice a week until it can solely provide such a service,” added the statement.
Additionally, King said that the Council takes note of a number of businesses that have appropriated alleyways, cordoning them off with gates and other barricades.
He said these areas are to be maintained regularly by Council workers but is currently overgrown with bushes and long grass. “The water in these alleyways has become stagnant and results in breeding grounds for mosquitoes.” He said too that blocking these alleyways has added to the flood situation and creates an unhealthy situation during that time.
Moreover, the Council has asked all businesses to remove their barricades and return the alleyways to the City.

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