Vendors up in arms

A clear pavement opposite the Kitty/Campbellville Bus park

With the city failing to deliver on a promised site for their relocation, Stabroek Market Square vendors yesterday continued to protest their removal by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), which said an agreement would be reached in a few days.

Vendors protesting outside City Hall yesterday (Keno George photo)
Vendors protesting outside City Hall yesterday (Keno George photo)

When vendors turned up yesterday at the vacant lot at Hadfield and Lombard streets, which had been identified last Thursday by Town Clerk Royston King as the site to temporarily house them for the next four months, it was not ready and they said the owner of the land had placed padlocks on the entrances.

The vendors, who staged protests outside of both City Hall and near the Ministry of the Presidency, complained bitterly of lost business, while noting that the land was not even prepared to accommodate them. There were also