Town clerk: City officials in Mexico for final rollout of parking meters project

Amid burgeoning criticism, Town Clerk Royston King yesterday said that a city team in Mexico City is being presented with the final rollout schedule of a controversial  parking meters project.

Opposition to the deal within the Mayor and City Council and from outside is growing over a number of issues including  the lack of competitive bidding for the project, the bona fides of the stakeholders in the deal, the secrecy surrounding the project, whether it is viable, whether a contract has been signed and the absence of public consultations.

Notwithstanding these concerns and amid disquiet among councillors from their own group, Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green and a team of three is in Mexico City, Mexico for what has been described as the final rollout of the deal with