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Street vendors around Stabroek Market and Water Street will continue business as usual until City Hall makes a decision on their removal and possible relocation. The Town Clerk and Councillors who were slated to meet on Wednesday to discuss the way forward failed to do so.This is according to Senior Councillor, Ranwell Jordan, who was tasked with chairing that meeting. He blamed the absence of Councillors to form a quorum on the Town Clerk, Yonette Pluck, who he claimed did not invite them to the meeting.The meeting was a decision made by Mayor Hamilton Green on January 13, following a discourse with the street vendors at City Hall. The vendors were upset because they were only given one day to remove from the area while other street vendors are operating on neighbouring Water Street.Though the relocation of vendors from in front of Stabroek Market was discussed for years, this renewed call is owing to complaints of unfair competition by vendors inside the market and the New Stelling View Mall.Jordan related that Councillors are contemplating moving all street vendors from the Stabroek Market and neighbouring environs to Merriman’s Mall, which has been identified as the ideal location. However,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, they have to examine certain factors such as space availability and works to be done in the area.Besides the relocation of vendors, whenever the meeting is held pertinent issues such as the renovation of the Kitty Market would be discussed. Jordon stressed that the Kitty Market is falling apart and that could have contributed to some persons preferring to vend on the streets. |
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