HIRE car and minibus drivers are appealing for a permanent park to be established at Charity, on Essequibo Coast, by the Charity/Urasara Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

A spokesman for the group said the end of the public road at Charity becomes congested especially on the Monday market days, when space to accommodate them is very limited.

He said stalls have now been erected along both sides of the thoroughfare and they are forced to park their vehicles on the road shoulder on Mondays.

Government, as part of the development for Charity to become a township, recently spent millions of dollars to construct an open air market tarmac for vending.

A section of the drainage trench paralleled to the roadway was also landfilled and a revetment built to facilitate hire cars and minibuses but the spokesman said vendors have taken over the facility and the space reserved for them is fully occupied on Mondays.

The public transport operators want an all-weather park, like the one at Damon Square, Anna Regina, to be constructed at Charity for their purpose.