Minister in the Ministry of Local Government Norman Whittaker has warned that moves to resume collection of the Kara Kara bridge toll could result in extortion charges, even as about 30 toll collectors working with the Linden Town Council have been sacked.
The warning comes ahead of the planned reinstatement of the toll next Monday by the Linden Interim Management Committee (IMC), in defiance of a revocation of the toll by the minister in September.
“The Kara Kara toll was removed following a ministerial order signed by yours truly,” Whittaker told Stabroek News, while noting that the