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

Sec­re­tary of the Maxi Taxi As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go, Vick­ash Kisoon­dath, said op­er­a­tors from four of the coun­try’s five ma­jor maxi taxi routes have com­mit­ted to the ac­tion, with school trans­port providers al­so ex­pect­ed to par­tic­i­pate.

“This ac­tion is go­ing to hap­pen,” Kisoon­dath said on Fri­day. “Op­er­a­tors have made up their minds. We can­not con­tin­ue op­er­at­ing un­der these con­di­tions while promis­es keep get­ting pushed back.”