Who can forget the bus unrest of May 2011? Those striking images of when the Belize Bus Owners Cooperative shut down the highways are some of the most enduring that we have captured.
And, some in the BBOC are now threatening that they might do it again - if a new decision by the Transport Board is put into effect.
A five hour meeting was held in Belmopan today between the BBOC and the Commissioner of Transport Crispin Jeffries. Jeffries informed them that two runs out of Benque Viejo at 3:30 and 4:00 pm will be given over to Westline Bus. In exchange the BBOC will get two runs from Benque at 7:00 and 8:00 at night.
Jeffries told us it's an attempt to bring uniformity to the schedule and eliminate overlapping runs. But the BBOC says Transport taking away two profitable runs and giving them two losing runs in exchange.
A representative of the BBOC that we spoke with today said they are contemplating going on strike again - since those are the runs that they claim the Prime Minister gave them to even things out after the 2011 ruckus.
Jeffries says the Transport Board has made certain decisions and quote, "you can't give people all (that) they want."
BBOC says the new runs take effect next month - and they plan to resist it before that time.
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