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Lee An­na Ma­haraj

As the pub­lic grap­ples with the se­ries of gov­ern­ment no­tices that took ef­fect on Jan­u­ary 1, 2026, traf­fic fines have drawn the strongest back­lash. Some cit­i­zens have said the in­creas­es came as a shock and de­scribed them as dras­tic. While the Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion has yet to pub­lish a com­pre­hen­sive list of all the changes, Guardian Me­dia cross-ref­er­enced the avail­able da­ta to com­pile the fol­low­ing list of fee in­creas­es.

Cab­i­net has ap­proved a pro­pos­al for a new mo­tor ve­hi­cle tick­et warn­ing sys­tem, which is set to be pre­sent­ed to Par­lia­ment in the com­ing weeks. Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion Min­is­ter Eli Za­k­our said the sys­tem will in­clude a three- or sev­en-day grace pe­ri­od al­low­ing mo­torists to cor­rect ve­hi­cle de­fects be­fore fac­ing harsh­er penal­ties, align­ing with Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s re­cent an­nounce­ment of re­lief mea­sures.