Kitty market rehab awaits new mayor

Restoration of the Kitty market would be in the hands of the next Mayor of Georgetown, city mayor Hamilton Green says.

After a visit to the market on Thursday, Green announced that his days as mayor are numbered and as a result, the restoration and renovation of the facility would be the responsibility of the next mayor. “Local Government Election is a few weeks away and I don’t want to make a prognosis [as to when the restoration would start.] It would have to be executed by the new mayor,” Green said when asked how early works would begin at the market.

The market has long been in a dilapidated state and in 2013, the Guyana Fire Service listed it