Sub-franchise deadline today
THE extended deadline for public transport operators to submit applications for new sub-franchise licences expires this morning at 10:00.
The previous deadline was January 31.
The extension followed a meeting among officials of the transport ministry, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), the Transport Authority (TA), and representatives of several transport associations last Tuesday.
Transport Minister Omar Davies had also committed to undertake further consultations to review recommendations proposed by the transport bodies.
The associations placed a number of recommendations on the table for consideration prior to the implementation of the proposed changes on April 1, 2014. Another meeting is scheduled for February 14.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing gave the JUTC the nod last Friday to extend the trial period for its bus lane along the Mandela Highway.
The three-month extension will run from February 1 to April 30.