Ramesh blanks maxi-taxi drivers at City Gate

THE Maxi-Taxi Association (Route 2), is seeking a meeting with the Minister of Works and Transport, Franklin Khan, to discuss a number of outstanding matters. In a preamble to his letter to the minister, president Costa George made it clear his association had nothing to do with a constitutional motion filed in the High Court on behalf of some concerned Routes 2 and 3 maxi-taxi owners and operators. In the constitutional motion, the owners and operators are challenging the right of the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) to charge maxi drivers a user’s fee of one dollar to exit the City Gate Transit Centre.

But George side-stepped this matter and showed more concern for such issues as the misuse of the Priority Bus Route, crime on maxi-taxis, the launch of the National Transportation Policy and amendment to the Priority Bus Route toll. George was particularly pleased at the announcement that the Government would spruce up the entire Priority Bus Route by way of an accelerated lighting system. He said if the association was successful in its request for a meeting with the minister, there were other problems they planned to identify with him. Meanwhile, the concerned maxi-taxi owners and operators held a meeting on the City Gate compound yesterday morning dealing at length with the constitutional motion filed in their name. Maxi-taxi drivers were expecting attorney Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj to address them, but he failed to show up.