Dangerous to walk on the pavements

Jan 13, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
Pedestrians in Georgetown attempting to practice road safety by using the sidewalks and pavements to walk on rather than the busy roadway are confronted with what can only be described as an endurance obstacle course thanks to the Mayor and City Council. First one has to navigate around countless itinerant vendors some with tables, some with trays and others with significant structures most of which are permanently placed there.
But now and more significantly persons walking along Regent, Robb, Charlotte, Water, Camp and many others in downtown Georgetown are faced with rising and falling pavements. This is because the City Council gives individual business owners permission on a case by case basis to raise their pavements and entryway. How unwise. If permission has to be given because of concerns for flooding etc. then there must be a benchmark with a standard height that would allow the pavement to resume one conventional level after all the business have raised their entryways and sidewalks.
At the moment some are raised 10, some 12, some 18 inches and higher. This causes many persons to fall if not paying rapt attention to the pavement they are traversing on. Heaven knows what happens to the blind and physically challenged. This is because citizens of Guyana are not in the habit of suing the city and the business owners. The City Council needs to step up and take public safety seriously.
Sean Moniz

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