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Pres­i­dent of the Route Two Maxi Taxi As­so­ci­a­tion, Bren­ton Knights, has warned that maxi taxi op­er­a­tors are prepar­ing for strong re­sis­tance to re­cent changes in traf­fic reg­u­la­tions and in­creas­es in bus route fees, which he says were im­ple­ment­ed with­out con­sul­ta­tion or prop­er jus­ti­fi­ca­tion.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia af­ter the amend­ments were re­vealed, Knights said nei­ther his as­so­ci­a­tion nor oth­er key stake­hold­ers were en­gaged be­fore changes were made to the reg­u­la­tions, af­fect­ing dri­ving of­fences and the cost for maxi taxis to op­er­ate on bus routes.

“I had no con­sul­ta­tion,” Knights said. “Changes were made uni­lat­er­al­ly. You can­not func­tion that way in a re­spon­si­ble gov­ern­ment or a re­spon­si­ble min­istry.”