PSV operators upset about police reports
Article by July 30, 2021
Public service vehicle (PSV) operators are up in arms again over what they consider to be unnecessary actions being taken against them by police officers.
More than two years after they complained that lawmen were reporting them for working from Fairchild Street even though the Constitutional River Terminal (CRT) was closed, PSV workers say the same thing is happening again, this time behind the Bridge Street Mall.
However, Director of the Transport Authority, Ruth Holder told
Barbados TODAY that although the CRT remains open until 8 p.m. from Monday to Saturday, PSV operators still insist on leaving the terminal to pick up passengers before it closes.
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Public transport owners have declared they want a seat at the Social Partnership table, alongside the troika of Government, labour unions and the private sector.
And Mark Haynes, the spokesman for the Alliance of Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) has also called for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Mia Mottley on the industry’s future, amid complaints from public service vehicle operators that were not included among the small businesses to be compensated by Government for losses during the lockdown, which was extended Monday by another two weeks to month-end.
Haynes told
Barbados TODAY the lockdown had seriously affected the finances of PSV operators who are limited to carrying 60 per cent of their capacity, causing many to withdraw their vehicles from several routes.