Short-drop Route 42 (Georgetown-Timehri) minibus operators plan to strike during rush hour on Monday to protest their removal from their long-time park at Russell Square, Stabroek.
The operators previously occupied the park, which is now being prepared by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to accommodate Stabroek wharf vendors, who are being relocated in anticipation of the rehabilitation of the wharf. (See story on page 18)
At present, the bus operators are loading passengers at Lombard and Leopold streets and they say they have been losing income since their relocation there.
When Stabroek News visited the area around 5.30 pm yesterday, it was congested as traffic moved at a snail’s pace and frustration was written across the faces of both drivers and passengers.
