After completing the asphaltic resurfacing of Bourda Street, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown is now hoping to sit down with vendors who ply their trade along the rehabilitated roadway to discuss the much-needed upgrading of their stalls.
This announcement was made by Town Clerk Royston King at the Council’s most recent statutory meeting. The Town Clerk explained that since the road works were completed, the next step was to upgrade the stalls, so that the area could have a
Bourda Street at the time it was under reconstruction
uniform neatness.
“What we need to do now is to lift the standard and change the aesthetics of that area by allowing the vendors, particularly those people who ply their trade there, to upgrade their stalls,” King said.
King explained that the M&CC’s administration, especially those from the market department, would meet with the vendors to discuss the improvements, which would be done according to the municipality’s specifications. “We have some artistic impressions we would like to discuss with them, a model of financing and all of that,” King further explained.
The once deplorable Bourda Street was rehabilitated in February of this year; the project was a collaborative effort between the City Council and the Public Infrastructure Ministry.
The project was met with some criticisms from vendors who were hindered from plying their trade. However, others were happy with the work done, noting that the road was in dire need of repair.
