Kara Kara toll standoff deepens

(Kaieteur News) – The Linden Town Council (LTC) has found itself in the centre of a revolving controversy regarding the Kara Kara Road toll. This time, the council is faced with defiance by its town clerk, Lennox Gasper to carry out its instructions to reopen the toll station and resume the toll collection from those travelling the route.

Linden Mayor, Dominique Blair told Kaieteur News on Friday that the municipality is now looking to exhaust all options to remedy the situation.

“This is an ongoing issue between the council and the town clerk, who has been defiant in the face of council’s instructions. We have even written the Local Government Commission as well as the minister about the clerk’s behaviour since it is the commission that hires, fires and disciplines local government staffers. However, there has been no real action taken against him. The government is obviously quite ok with that but it is the Lindeners who are suffering. The council’s decision comes from the people through the elected representatives.”