Thou­sands of com­muters across Trinidad are ex­pect­ed to face se­vere trans­porta­tion dis­rup­tions from Mon­day, af­ter maxi taxi op­er­a­tors con­firmed they will pro­ceed with a na­tion­wide with­draw­al of ser­vice fol­low­ing un­suc­cess­ful talks with Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials.

As­so­ci­a­tion of Maxi Taxis Trinidad and To­ba­go sec­re­tary Vick­ash Kisoon­dath said yes­ter­day that op­er­a­tors from four of the coun­try’s five ma­jor maxi taxi routes com­mit­ted to the in­dus­tri­al ac­tion, with school trans­port providers al­so back­ing the move.

“This ac­tion is go­ing to hap­pen,” Kisoon­dath said.