Taxi Sector Update: 600 H Plates For Conversion To TX Plates

The Ministry of Tourism is taking giant strides to update and regulate the island’s taxi services. The Minister, Dr. Ernest Hilaire, has announced that the Ministry will convert 600 old ‘H’ plates to new ‘TX’ plates as part of plans to improve the taxi industry. Dr. Hilaire stated that the initiative is the second step in a comprehensive strategy to overhaul the sector. He explained that the process started with the re-registration of all taxi drivers. The next phase involved transitioning from the H plates to the new TX plates. “Since TX plates had stopped issuing, about 14 years ago, really, we had persons accumulating H plates rather than TX plates. So the second stage was about converting all the H plates to TX plates,” Hilaire stated. The Ministry will host an orientation session for the 600 newly converted taxi drivers on Friday, August 16. The session will be held at the Finance Administrative Center and divided into three batches of 200 drivers each. The minister explained that this critical orientation aims to provide drivers with essential training on their new TX plates, outlining driver responsibilities and the expected standards. “It is a really critical session because it is an...