Solid Waste Director lobbies for M&CC to rename city streets

The Solid Waste Management Director, Walter Narine, has lobbied for the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to consider renaming the city streets in honour of past Mayors in time for Independence celebrations in May.

Speaking with Guyana Times, the Director made reference to the importance of having the streets renamed to keep the legacy of those leaders alive but more so, to honour their respective contribution to the Georgetown municipality.
In fact, he even said, “I’m sure if I ask you to name five past Mayors in Georgetown you wouldn’t be able to tell me that without doing research so it’s just something to preserve our history and give our city its own identity”.
Narine further explained that many city streets, such as America Street, is just one example of a coincidental name without any meaning and thought that naming such streets after past Mayors will have more significance.
He hopes to take this idea to the Social Development Committee soon as a proposal to be vetted and hopefully implemented.
Communities Minister, Ronald Bulkan had also announced that he has plans to rename the 10 Administrative Regions of Guyana.
Last year, Bulkan told Guyana Times that he has been in contact with regional officials, whom he has been urging to carry out consultations. He noted that the sooner those consultations are carried out, the better would be the prospects of Government determining its next move in regard to the idea.
“Those consultations are actually the principal responsibility of the respective regional officers. I am continuously in contact with those RDCs, urging them to complete the consultations within their regions, [in order] to be able to make a determination [in regard to] whether those regions want to retain the names they currently have, or if those regions would like to have a different name. For instance, the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region is commonly referred to as the Rupununi,” he explained.
“So the opportunity is being offered to residents all around Guyana to make a determination — out of a consultative process — if they want to keep their existing names or [adopt] a name they have ownership of. We would like to see the exercise completed sooner rather than later but we are committed to allowing the democratic process to prevail. So all I can do is urge the respective RDCs to seek to conclude this process, so the Administration can take it from there,” Minister Bulkan detailed.