Robb St businesses say parallel parking, meters will drive commerce out of city

Vehicles are forced to illegally double-park on Robb Street because of the lack of space.

Between the now year-old transition from diagonal to parallel parking and the impending implementation of controversial parking meters in the central business district, some Robb Street businesspersons fear that the city will become a “ghost town” in the future.

“I am a businessman and I’ve been here over 50 years. My concern is that the soon to come parking meters on my street [Robb Street] is going to cause a big crisis,” Suresh Narine, owner of Narine’s Liquor Store told Stabroek News.

Narine pointed out that since the change from diagonal to