42 minibus park returns to original location for Christmas 

…hire car drivers to be removed again today

Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase Green has confirmed that the 42 (Timehri to Georgetown) minibuses have returned to their original spot for the Christmas season.  During a brief telephone interview with Guyana Times on Tuesday, Mayor Chase Green said City Hall is working along with the Traffic Department in Georgetown and has relocated those drivers to their original bus park to eliminate traffic congestion for the festive season.
A senior traffic rank, however, related that the relocation was done after a number of reports were made by passengers and even drivers who were robbed on High Street, Georgetown.
According to the traffic rank, short drop hire car drivers who were removed from the 42 (Grove/Diamond) minibus park to facilitate vendors of the Stabroek Market Wharf will once again be relocated today (Wednesday), this time to the Stabroek Market Square, also to reduce the traffic build up in the area.
The various minibus parks were removed to pave the way for vendors of the collapsed Stabroek Market Wharf, which was also recently partially burnt after a fire.
City Hall first removed the route 42 (Diamond-Grove) minibuses in August and relocated them to Bugle Street, Georgetown, where drivers expressed serious reservations about their safety.
The Timehri minibuses, also of the 42-zone, were later removed and placed on High Street, where they also expressed conerns about their safety and that of their passengers, especially those travelling at night.
President of the United Minibus Union, Eon Andrews has since viewed City Hall’s move as “visionless” and “ridiculous”.
“I think it was ridiculous. I think it is visionless… it is either corruption, mismanagement, thoughtlessness and probably no feelings for anybody but themselves,” he stated during a previous interview with this publication.