The gov­ern­ment has dou­bled the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route (PBR) toll, ef­fec­tive Jan­u­ary 1, 2026, through a Christ­mas Day le­gal no­tice.

Le­gal No­tice No. 475, is­sued un­der the Mo­tor Ve­hi­cles and Road Traf­fic Act, in­creas­es the toll for maxi-taxis op­er­at­ing on the PBR from $300 to $600 per quar­ter.

The toll is payable in ad­vance to the Li­cens­ing Au­thor­i­ty and re­mains non-re­fund­able.

The amend­ment ap­plies to all maxi-taxi own­ers who wish to op­er­ate along the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route, which runs along spe­cial roads des­ig­nat­ed for pub­lic trans­port ve­hi­cles. Per­mits must be re­newed each quar­ter, and the Min­is­ter may at­tach con­di­tions to their grant.

The no­tice was signed on De­cem­ber 22, 2025, but pub­lished on De­cem­ber 25.

The in­crease comes along­side oth­er Christ­mas Day le­gal no­tices that dou­bled traf­fic fines and raised cus­toms fees, draw­ing crit­i­cism from op­po­si­tion fig­ures over the tim­ing and lack of pub­lic an­nounce­ment.