The Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) is calling for emergency talks with Government over the poor state of the island’s roads which Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) use daily.AOPT chairman Roy Raphael made the call on Friday as members of his organisation toured the plant at the L&N Company to oversee the final steps to prepare for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) transition project that will see some PSVs using natural gas rather than diesel.Just over a week ago at a St Michael Speaks town hall meeting at Springer Memorial Secondary School, Deputy Prime Minister Santia Bradshaw said steps were being taken by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources and other entities to correct the poor state of some roadways.However, Raphael urged the Government to mark the situation as critical, given that PSV operators have to pay high vehicle maintenance fees because of the bad roads.
