Revenue authority laments parking problems

The parking lot with very few cars on it on February 6

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has lamented the problems it faces trying to ease the traffic congestion around its Camp Street HQ and said the situation has been compounded by the unwillingness of members of the public to pay a fee and employees disregarding a lot set aside for them and parking on the streets and parapets.

The GRA statement yesterday was prompted by a report in the February 18th edition of Stabroek News which pointed out that the large car park constructed on the embankment along Lamaha Street had around three or four cars maximum over six days when it was constructed for around 400 cars. With several guards located at the site, critics say the parking lot would be a monumental waste of money and one about which the GRA had been criticised about.

The GRA said even though it has made its former staff parking lot on Camp Street, adjacent to