Truckers protest Baha Mar contractor's per load rate

Tue, Feb 15th 2011, 04:19 AM

Baha Mar has not yet broken ground and already the development has hit a road block, with almost 60 truckers yesterday refusing to work along with the company contracted to build the new road that will connect JFK Drive with the diverted Cable Beach Strip, until they are paid $30 to $40 more for their services.
Chairman of the Independent Truckers and Heavy Equipment Operators of The Bahamas, Gus Outten, said Island Site Developers (ISD) has offered to pay the truckers $45 per load of fill they move to and from the road construction site.
However, Outten and the group of truckers, who parked almost 50 large trucks in an empty lot just east of the Cable Beach Police Station, said they want $80 per loa ...

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