Amid an increasing outcry over a clandestine contract for parking meters in the city, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan yesterday said that a more competitive process to select the contractor for the project should have been undertaken even as he pointed out that the city would be making a major investment.
With growing questions about the credentials of the contractor, National Parking Systems (NPS)/ Smart City Solutions and an ongoing, still-to-be-explained trip to Mexico by Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, Town Clerk Royston King and APNU+AFC councillors Oscar Clarke and Junior Garrett, other city councillors yesterday expressed concern. The contract has not been made available to them and the terms of the deal are unknown.
Approached by Stabroek News yesterday, Duncan, who is acting as Mayor in the absence of Chase-Green, pointed out that the city would be making investments in the project. “Cash is not the only currency. We are investing our infrastructure…roads, our security and
