New reg­u­la­tions gov­ern­ing the op­er­a­tions of San Fer­nan­do maxi taxis on Routes 3, 4, and 5, will go in­to ef­fect on Mon­day 12 Sep­tem­ber 2022, with the pub­li­ca­tion of Le­gal No­tice 182 con­cern­ing the Traf­fic Con­trol (Ex­per­i­men­tal Scheme) for those routes.

The new reg­u­la­tions gov­ern­ing maxi taxis op­er­at­ing with San Fer­nan­do as their hub were signed by the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (Ag), Mc Don­ald Ja­cob, and the Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port, Sen­a­tor Ro­han Sinanan.

They will be in ef­fect un­til Mon­day 12 De­cem­ber 2022, at which time the au­thor­i­ties will be able to de­ter­mine their suc­cess, and whether to make the changes per­ma­nent.

In the new reg­u­la­tions—which were pi­lot­ed by the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port—spe­cif­ic ar­eas are al­lo­cat­ed as maxi taxi stands for the var­i­ous route op­er­a­tors, in­clud­ing the num­bers of ve­hi­cles which can oc­cu­py those spaces, the hours of oc­cu­pa­tion of the stands, and where the route ve­hi­cles can en­ter and ex­it the city.

The reg­u­la­tions al­so list the sanc­tions for breach­es, in­clu­sive of fines and even ve­hi­cle im­pound­ing.  

The fol­low­ing is the full text for the Traf­fic Con­trol (Ex­per­i­men­tal Scheme) [Route Ar­eas (3), (4) And (5) Maxi-Taxi] (San Fer­nan­do) Reg­u­la­tions, 2022…

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LE­GAL NO­TICE NO. 182 RE­PUB­LIC OF TRINIDAD AND TO­BA­GO THE MO­TOR VE­HI­CLES AND ROAD TRAF­FIC ACT, CHAP. 48:50

REG­U­LA­TIONS

MADE BY THE COM­MIS­SION­ER OF PO­LICE WITH THE CON­SENT OF THE MIN­IS­TER OF WORKS AND TRANS­PORT UN­DER SEC­TION 67(1) OF THE MO­TOR VE­HI­CLES AND ROAD TRAF­FIC ACT

THE TRAF­FIC CON­TROL (EX­PER­I­MEN­TAL SCHEME) [ROUTE AR­EAS (3), (4) AND (5) MAXI-TAXI] (SAN FER­NAN­DO) REG­U­LA­TIONS, 2022

1. These Reg­u­la­tions may be cit­ed as the Traf­fic Con­trol (Ex­per­i­men­tal Scheme) [Route Ar­eas (3), (4) and (5) Maxi-Taxi] (San Fer­nan­do) Reg­u­la­tions, 2022. (CI­TA­TION)

2. These Reg­u­la­tions shall com­mence on Mon­day 12th Sep­tem­ber, 2022 and shall ex­pire on Mon­day 12th De­cem­ber, 2022. (COM­MENCE­MENT AND DU­RA­TION)

3. In these Reg­u­la­tions, “Route Area (3)”, “Route Area (4)” and “Route Area (5)” mean the route ar­eas spec­i­fied in the Fourth Sched­ule of the Maxi-Taxi Reg­u­la­tions. (IN­TER­PRE­TA­TION CHAPT. 48:53)

4. Be­tween the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., no more than four maxi-taxis ply­ing Route Area (3) shall park on the north­ern side of High Street fac­ing east, twen­ty me­tres west of Mon Cha­grin Street, as marked. (MAXI TAXI STAND)

5. Be­tween the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., a dri­ver of a maxi-taxi ply­ing Route Area (3) shall– (a) en­ter Hol­lis Street from St. James Street, pro­ceed in a souther­ly di­rec­tion, turn left on­to High Street and pro­ceed in an east­er­ly di­rec­tion in­to the maxi-taxi stand; and (b) ex­it the maxi-taxi stand by turn­ing left on­to Mon Cha­grin Street from High Street. (MAXI TAXI EN­TRY AND EX­IT)

6. Be­tween the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., no more than six maxi-taxis ply­ing Route Area (4) or Route Area (5) shall park on the north­ern side of Har­ris Prom­e­nade North fac­ing west, one hun­dred and twen­ty me­tres west of High Street, as marked. (MAXI-TAXI STAND)

7. Be­tween the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., a dri­ver of a maxi-taxi ply­ing Route Area (4) or Route Area (5) shall– (a) en­ter Hol­lis Street from St. James Street, pro­ceed in a souther­ly di­rec­tion, turn left on­to High Street, pro­ceed in an east­er­ly di­rec­tion, turn right on­to Har­ris Prom­e­nade North and pro­ceed in a west­er­ly di­rec­tion in­to the maxi-taxi stand; and (b) ex­it the maxi-taxi stand by pro­ceed­ing in a west­er­ly di­rec­tion along Har­ris Prom­e­nade North. (MAXI-TAXI EN­TRY AND EX­IT)

8. Be­tween the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., a dri­ver of a maxi-taxi ply­ing Route Ar­eas (3), (4) or (5) shall not en­ter– (a) Point-a-Pierre Road from High Street; (b) Cof­fee Street from High Street; and (c) Mu­cu­rapo Street from High Street. (NO EN­TRY TO MAXI TAXIS)

9. A per­son who con­tra­venes these Reg­u­la­tions com­mits a traf­fic vi­o­la­tion and is li­able to a fine of sev­en hun­dred and fifty dol­lars for the first traf­fic vi­o­la­tion and to a fine of one thou­sand dol­lars for every sub­se­quent traf­fic vi­o­la­tion. (TRAF­FIC VI­O­LA­TION AND PENAL­TY)

10. With­out prej­u­dice to any oth­er li­a­bil­i­ty in­curred by the com­mis­sion of a traf­fic vi­o­la­tion, ve­hi­cles found parked in con­tra­ven­tion of these Reg­u­la­tions may be re­moved by a mem­ber of the Po­lice Ser­vice and im­pound­ed and dealt with in ac­cor­dance with sec­tion 108(1)(b) of the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic Act. (RE­MOVAL AND IM­POUND­ING OF VE­HI­CLES UN­LAW­FUL­LY PARKED CHAP. 48:50)

Dat­ed this 6th day of Sep­tem­ber, 2022.
M. JA­COB – Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice

Ap­proved this 8th day of Sep­tem­ber, 2022.
R. SINANAN – Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port