M&CC officials to assess rehab slated for city markets

Dec 22, 2017 News

Officials of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council yesterday, made visits to several key commercial areas around the city in a bid to assess the extent of the work needed to be done in the new year.
The team consisted of the officers attached to the City Engineer’s Department, and the City Administration Department.
Public Relations Officer, Debra Lewis, said that the team visited a number of sites during the Christmas season; these included places under construction and earmarked for rehabilitation by City Hall.
She noted that the Kitty Market and the East Ruimveldt Market which are earmarked for rehabilitation were assessed during the tour.
The two markets are among a number of projects under the management of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council, (M&CC) to receive some much needed financial assistance through the provision of a $200 million grant allocated to the Council in the 2018 budget.
During a recently held statutory meeting at City Hall, City Mayor Patricia Chase Greene told the council that the Ministry of Communities had recommended that $65 million be used on community enhancement programmes; $50 million allotted for infrastructural works and $70 million for institutional strengthening and the purchase of garbage trucks, and $15 M for the upgrade of the East Ruimveldt Market.
The Council is expected to start repairs to the Albouytsown Market. This is not the first time that council has received financial backings from the Central Government.
Just recently, Government announced moves to assist the cash strapped Council clear a $300 million debt, it had owed to its main contractors, Cevons Waste Management and Puran Brothers.
Once the debt is cleared, Solid Waste Director, Walter Narine, says the disposal companies will resume work under new terms and conditions.
These terms and conditions, he says, will allow for smaller garbage companies to get some of the contracts.
However, at present, the contractors are carrying out work under the auspices of the government. It is unclear whether any steps were taken by City Hall to renew the contract of the two garbage collectors.

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