All road reserves to be cleared

Mar 16, 2019 News

There must be no obstruction on public road reserves. Anyone found to be in contravention of this law after March 31 will have their structures confiscated from any main access road by the Ministry of

The Public Infrastructure Ministry provided photographic examples of structures/material that will be removed

Public Infrastructure.
This in accordance with Section 29 of the Road Act 51:01 of the Laws of Guyana, which states that ‘Any property obstructing or damaging a road or canal may be seized and removed by the road officer of the district, or by anyone by him thereto authorised in writing’.
According to the Ministry’s recent public advisory, it is embarking on a countrywide campaign, starting on April 1, to remove such encumbrances, countrywide.
According to the advisory, these are listed as derelict vehicle/equipment, immovable vehicles, hardware store, barber shop, rum shop and bar, builder’s waste, roadside shop, car park, sawmill, cargo containers, scrap iron dealership, clay stockpile/heap, sand/stone heap, structure, mobile vending cart, tyre servicing, mud-dumping, workshop, non-derelict, concrete-mixing (road), no stopping/parking sign, non-approved sign board, paddy drying, raised driveway/property access and other materials.
The law further states that “if it remains unclaimed for fourteen days after notice given to the owner thereof to come forward and claim the property, and pay all damages incurred, it shall be sold, and the proceeds paid to the Accountant General.”
The Ministry has made accommodations for this aspect of the law, but advised persons to have their material removed beforehand.