Georgetown : The Government is moving to bridge some of the main canals in the capital city to ease the traffic congestion in wake of the influx of thousands of vehicles on the roadways.
Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon said Cabinet has given its approval for public consultation to begin with regards to new parking facilities around the city.
He said the Avenue of the Republic, and the South Road /Croal Street canals were identified for introduction of this initiative.
The Cabinet Secretary noted the recent disclosure by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) that within one year, 9,999 new vehicles had been registered under the PSS registration licencing number series.
He noted that it is in that context, the PTT series has commenced which now means the country will be confronted with the influx of new vehicles that continue unabated and the predictable consequences of congestion and parking.
“It is in that context that Cabinet has favourably considered the proposal from the Minister of Housing and Water for the non-permanent covering/bridging of main canals to allow its removal for cleaning dredging and desilting purpose, but at all other times for parking,” Dr Luncheon said.
“Cabinet’s support included a call for the minister to have and to organise public consultations among stakeholders on this initiative.”
Further, the Cabinet Secretary noted that he is confident that the consultation will commence shortly and progress smoothly.
“The minister, as we all know, is a man of action and the entities in the cluster in his sector are also entities known for the rather avid approach to dealing with Cabinet instruction.”
Once the consultations are completed with favourable responses from all stakeholders, then the Cabinet Secretary noted that it would be time to work out the ‘physics’ of how to construct non-permanent, load bearing support for those vehicles.
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