The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday sounded warnings about the government’s plan to cover city canals to provide parking, while noting that they were not consulted on the move.
According to the M&CC Public Relations Officer Royston King, such a move has “financial, health and other implications” that have made the Council uneasy.
He noted that although the Council is comprised of the representatives of the people, they were not consulted on the proposal, which was announced by the Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon on Wednesday.
Luncheon, at a press briefing, said the Avenue of the Republic and Croal Street canals in the city would be covered with temporary bridges to convert them to parking lots so as to alleviate traffic congestion in the city. The proposal was the brainchild of Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali,
