Rasbert Turner, Star Writer
Spanish Town
Scores of commuters were left stranded in sections of St Catherine yesterday as taxi operators withdrew their services, protesting bad road conditions and a hike in the road licence fees.
Roadblocks
The Star visited the Church Pen main road in St Catherine to find fallen trees blocking the road. The cry on the lips of taxi operators were that the bad road conditions have yet to be addressed despite a recent protest against this. The police later cleared the road.
Meanwhile, taxis plying the Spanish Town-to-Naggo Head route showed their displeasure against a proposed hike in road licences by withdrawing their services. They claimed some of them now have to pay up to $50,000 for a route and they cannot afford this.
Promised
Several commuters were unable to get to their destination as a result of the withdrawal.
The cabbies later returned to work after they were promised by the authorities that a solution would be worked out. They however promised to restart their protest if they were not given a favourable response.
President of the Portmore Route Taxi Association, Widcliffe Addison, said he hopes something can be done for the operators who are finding it very hard to cope.
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