Parliament to discuss car fee increases next week
Motor vehicle users will in the very future see the proposed increase in user-fees as the bill is set to go before Parliament next week.
Parliament will convene next Tuesday at 9:30 am and that bill amongst others will be read.
According to this week’s Cabinet notes, several bills will receive their first reading; and five bills will be read a second and third time when debate will take place.
It was Prime Minister Gaston Browne who first publicly mentioned the increase of fees on the Browne and Browne Show some weeks ago.
Fast forward to last week’s Cabinet and it was confirmed that government would be moving forward with the initiative.
The Cabinet announced that the government will increase licensing fees for various types of vehicles, including buses, cars, and trucks, to help fund significant road repairs.
Initially, the focus was on raising fees primarily for heavy-duty trucks and earth-moving equipment. Still, Ambassador Lionel Hurst, the Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office, clarified during last week’s Post Cabinet Press Briefing that the fee hike will now apply to nearly all vehicles, with the sole exception being tractors.
What exactly that increase will be is left to be seen.
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