By Belize Live News Staff: Anyone planning to catch a bus to work or school on Monday should have a backup plan.
The Belize Bus Association has told the Prime Minister that its operators will stop providing services from Monday, August 24, and the issue comes down to diesel.
Back in April, bus operators blocked the road at the Tower Hill Bridge in Orange Walk. The standoff ended when government promised a three month fuel subsidy and a small fare adjustment.
That three month window closed on August 4.
The association says it saw this coming and wrote to the Ministry of Transport on July 15 asking for a way forward. Nothing came back. It wrote again on August 5, this time to the Prime Minister. That was fifteen days ago.
In the meantime, the BBA says operators kept running routes and swallowing the cost of diesel themselves. It says that can no longer continue.
The association is still offering to sit down with government, asking for the subsidy to be reinstated retroactively so services can carry on without interruption.
How would a bus shutdown affect your Monday?
