Residents appeal to President Granger

Jan 17, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
Your Excellency, we the residents and occupants of East Street hereafter appeal to your esteemed office, the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to discontinue the implementation of a paid parking area along East Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Guyana and the removal of steel barricades.
Background & Current Situation
The Government of Guyana in collaboration with the Mayor and Councilors of the City of Georgetown and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation had tarred over the surface of the lawns and pedestrian footpath between the eastern and western half of northern East Street and paved the entire area with concrete asphalt with the intention of providing improved parking facilities for doctors, nurses, students, all employees of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and visitors to the institution and neighbouring establishments.
Moreover, the paved area serves as an aid for residents who live in back houses without driveway along East Street to park their motor vehicles off the streets. Today, in our society, motor vehicles are not a luxury but a necessity for single parent families and extended families as we are striving to fulfill rental obligations, mortgages, utility bills and motor vehicle hire purchase payment installments.
The additional tax of ‘pay for parking’ in Guyana is overwhelming as we continue to work tirelessly for the development of Guyana by paying property rates and taxes, Value Added Taxes, payments to the National Insurance Scheme and Pay As You Earn tax scheme.
Further, the barricaded area encroaches on the shoulders of the road, is poorly designed for easy ingress and egress, grossly inadequate for easy navigation within and is another avenue for gross financial corruption among officials of the Mayor and Councilors of the City of Georgetown and the City Constabulary.
We, the undersigned, loyal supporters of the Government of Guyana, echo our call to Your Excellency, Honorable – President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana for your compassion and righteous judgment in issuing the command to disassemble the East Street Paid Parking Area.
We appeal and beseech your fotth with attention, since this infrastructure is an additional
hardship and a gigantic burden in numerous ways on our citizenry, commuters and
individuals seeking economic livelihood, medical and social care and assistance.
By disassembling the East Street Paid Parking Area, thousands of Guyanese will be once again be benefiting from the generosity of the Government of Guyana as we live in an environment of peace and justice with adequate security and freedom as we seek free medical care from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and the opportunity to enjoy a better life for all Guyanese.
Affected residents (100 signatures)

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