00:00Taxi-taxi drivers along the Sangre Grandi routes are threatening to take action which could affect the traveling public
00:06After complaining for years about the state of their hub with no redress
00:10The drivers are calling on the Minister of Works to intervene. Vanessa Cutting has more
00:16We highlighting it and we have a campaign on going right now that we're going to highlight all our other concerns
00:23And we're going to lump it together so that the public will understand when we take a certain course action
00:28the traveling public could be in for some inconvenience if the Sangre Grandi hub is not attended to by the
00:35PTSD as drivers and passengers are said to be facing a number of challenges daily at the facility
00:42this was a
00:44PTSD facility. PTSD is used as a mechanic shop and
00:49fueling station and
00:51When they move that operation back up the road, they bring Maxis inside
00:56That is over 20 years ago
01:00Nothing has been done since. Conditions is totally deplorable. We have heavily pigeon infestation
01:07in sanitary condition
01:09The drains, they're opening the drains, the toilet facility is shut down, locked down for the longest while
01:15Passengers, commuters, anybody using here have no access to any washroom facility
01:22The hub is also said to be unsecured
01:25Resulting in private motorists gaining entry to the facility
01:29No one respects one another inside here. No drivers. They come, they park where they want, they go and buy whatever they need to buy
01:35They come back here, it becomes a free parking area in Sanre Grandi
01:38the Maxis
01:40We operate as though we're squatting here. That is how it looks as now, as the Maxi Taxi industry
01:46Becomes squatters and this facility was intended to be for Maxi Taxi
01:52The Route 2 Maxi Taxi Association says with PTSC failing to do its part to upkeep the facility
01:59The association has come up with a plan for the upgrade and the management of the hub
02:04What it needs is for the state to give the green light
02:08Sit and talk with us to get the management part of it going
02:12Part of it could entail, I can tell you, the drivers are not willing to have a little barrier
02:16for a little toll to come in. We could utilize the compound in terms of advertising with the corporate citizens in here
02:22It will create employment, it will create development. It will even enhance the look. We even have a little situation where now
02:28Yes, it is congested. Just now you're going to see how many vehicles here. A limited amount of park and ride
02:33That you could come, you could park your vehicle here and you could take a Maxi and commute down the way to Porter Street
02:38But it will be in a limited control situation
02:41Vending, access to the toilet
02:43We have all the holistic plans and it could be done in a way that the compound itself will be self-sufficient
02:50It's not to say every Monday morning you come in, capping hand, asking the minister, asking the government to do this
02:55They're calling on the Minister of Works and Transport to intervene
02:59Renessa Cutting, TV6 News
03:03In response, Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says that two notes are currently before the cabinet
03:09Which will help to address the issues faced by the Maxi Taxi drivers
03:13He explains that there is no fixed policy that speaks to the state's arrangements with the Maxi Taxi
03:19Associations and further notes that there are some land tenure issues
03:24The minister says a solution could be found as early as this week
03:29What we are doing right now, that is in front of the cabinet
03:33We have two notes, one which is a national transportation note
03:38Which takes into consideration land, sea and air. It's the first time since
03:441976, I think it is, that we have a new transportation policy that will significantly change
03:50The way we operate on land which includes a major part of the Maxi Taxi
03:55System that we run and we also have a note which will be discussed tomorrow at FNGP that have been in cabinet for a while
04:02That is coming up tomorrow where we'll have a national, a final again, a policy document as to how we operate with
04:10Maxi Taxis and where they operate and you know, how we deal with them on the go. So that is the unfortunate thing about the Maxi Taxi
04:19They have never been really a solid document as to how we treat with them
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