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Linden’s Financial Crisis Deepens | Guyana News
Linden’s mayor and council are drowning in a $90-100 million annual budget gap after the Wismar/Mackenzie Bridge toll was scrapped — a move APNU says left them with no replacement revenue. They’re demanding emergency funding to keep essential services running, accusing the central government of intentionally crippling local autonomy by taking over the toll without providing adequate support. With rising costs and a paltry $50 million general allocation deemed insufficient, APNU is calling for an immediate meeting, an urgent transfer since August last year, and a dedicated annual subvention…
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