{"id":26665,"date":"2025-02-20T16:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26665"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:13:45","slug":"kitty-market-rehabilitation-nearing-completion-after-nine-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/kitty-market-rehabilitation-nearing-completion-after-nine-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitty Market Rehabilitation Nearing Completion After Nine Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan<\/em><br><em>February 3, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After nine years of on-and-off rehabilitation, the Kitty Market is finally nearing completion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing work has been a long journey, and with the City Hall&#8217;s push for a February month-end deadline, there is renewed momentum to finalize the project amidst financial accountability challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City Mayor Alfred Mentore expressed his satisfaction with the progress, stating that the market is expected to open by the end of this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentore emphasized that all necessary steps are being taken to ensure the market\u2019s full operational readiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted efforts such as the servicing of doors and the installation of a proper waste disposal system as part of the final touches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe officers responsible for the process are actively involved, and we\u2019re confident that we will soon be able to announce a date for full operations,\u201d said Mentore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the opening draws closer, market clerks are busy preparing the tenants to return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mentore assured that those who were previously renting stalls at the market would be given first priority when it comes to reclaiming their spots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also mentioned that the price range for stalls has already been set, and it\u2019s now up to the administration to finalize arrangements with the tenants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restoration project, initially begun in February 2016 under then-town clerk Royston King, was originally expected to last nine months but has seen several delays over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total allocation for the project stands at 240 million dollars, with funds injected throughout the years to bring the market closer to completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganFebruary 3, 2025 After nine years of on-and-off rehabilitation, the Kitty Market is finally nearing completion. The ongoing work has been a long journey, and with the City&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26667,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26665\/revisions\/26667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}