Stabroek News Sunday

Pressure group organising town hall meeting on parking meters

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In response to an invitation by Mayor Patricia ChaseGreen to meet and discuss their concerns about the metered parking system, the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) has decided to organise a town hall meeting, where the city administra­tion can consult with those persons affected by the project. Additional­ly, while the MAPM welcomes the proposed reduction in parking fees, it maintains that its ultimate objective is to have the contract between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and Smart City Solutions (SCS) revoked. Speaking on behalf of the movement, Chris Chapwanya told Sunday Stabroek that the members “are in the process of organising a town hall meeting for next weekend at which the mayor and other city representa­tives will be invited to speak.” The movement has made the decision to hold an open forum rather than meet with the Mayor at City Hall “in the interest of transparen­cy,” so that Chase-Green can speak not just with certain individual­s but with the people, Chapwanya explained. Mayor Chase-Green on Friday extended an invitation to the movement to meet with her at City Hall on Monday at 10 am so that its concerns can be included in the post-implementa­tion consultati­on currently being held.

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