Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall wants to regulate the vendors at the Port Mourant Market, who not only vend there, but along the road shoulders of the Corentyne highway running through the community, causing an influx of traffic every weekend, and a massive garbage pile-up after.
Vendors on Monday at a meeting with Dharamlall at the Port Mourant Community Centre, insisted that efforts need to be put in place to stop the late market from starting on Thursday and have it return to Friday to Saturday.
In addition to the daily market at the location, for decades the late weekend market has started from Friday, but wholesalers are now coming from Thursday causing vendors on Friday to suffer losses and to reduce their prices.