Sections of Thomas Street between Church and Lamaha streets, Georgetown were blocked off yesterday as work got underway on the roadway, avenue, and surrounding infrastructure under the Government’s Healthy Streets Initiative.
Several sections of the road were barricaded, although motorcycles were observed getting through, and the main roads in the area, including Lamaha, Quamina and Middle streets, remain open to traffic.
Work was also being carried out along the avenue, including digging along sections of the sides and work on the parapets.
The activity started after the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development instructed vendors and owners of containers, derelict vehicles and unauthorised structures along the affected section of Thomas Street to remove them to facilitate the planned road works.
The ministry, in public notices issued in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works and the Mayor and City Council, said the Thomas Street Avenue is being upgraded as part of President’s Healthy Streets Initiative.
The directive covers vending caravans, containers, derelict vehicles and other unauthorised structures occupying the road reserve and public spaces within the project area.
Particular attention was also drawn to several containers located along Thomas Street next to the western fence of the Georgetown Public Hospital. Authorities said the containers were obstructing planned works and preventing the timely progress of infrastructure activities.
Owners and occupants were therefore asked to make arrangements for their immediate removal.
The authorities warned that enforcement action could follow if affected persons failed to comply. Containers near the hospital could be removed by government agencies and the municipality, while other obstructions along the project corridor could be cleared in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The ministry said the project is intended to create a cleaner, safer, more accessible and healthier street environment in Georgetown.
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