Dear Editor,
When I first started working in Georgetown in the ’70s, the road from Punt Trench Dam to Broad Street was a two-way road. The stalls that the authorities now say are impeding traffic were right there as well. Myself and my colleagues used to take our early morning meals at those same stalls. I’m sure many people in and around Georgetown would know this. This arrangement remained until just a few years ago, with the advent of the four-lane East Bank Road; this road was declared a one-way. I would like to point out that these stalls are not on the road, but on both sides of one pave, with walking space for pedestrians between the stalls. The road is a very wide road, as broad as Broad Street itself, with parking space on both sides. How then can the authorities say these stalls are impeding traffic? There are some much more narrow and busy roads in Georgetown that are two-way, eg, Princes Street and David Street which has no parking space, no pavements, and very fast two-way traffic.
Would it not be better for our knowledgeable authorities to concentrate on these streets instead? Why try to create unnecessary difficulties for these poor people? This seems to be the going trend these days; just stamp your feet on people because you have the authority, stupidly destroying systems that were there since you were small, whilst you have no alternate arrangement. Would someone be kind enough to highlight these facts to those who are bent on further destroying the businesses in La Penitence Market and its environs, as making this road a one-way in the first place heavily stagnated businesses in that area.
Yours faithfully,
M S Baksh
