Petrina Francis, Staff Reporter 
Robert Pickersgill (foreground), Minister of Housing, Water, Transport and Works, and Trevor Jackson, managing director of TransJamaican Highway. - Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
SEVERAL RESIDENTS of Portmore, St. Catherine, have said they will be boycotting the Portmore leg of Highway 2000, following the announcement of the toll rate yesterday.
When The Gleaner visited Portmore shortly after the announcement, residents were adamant that they would not be willing to pay the $60 to $200 toll.
"No way! I'll use the alternate route," said Portmore resident, Valbert Walker. "I agree with the boycott once it is over $50."
Sharon Brown, owner of a minivan, said: "I think that is really above board and we should honestly boycott it (the toll road)."
Tarek McNeil, a taxi driver, told The Gleaner the rate was too expensive. "I was looking for it to be a $30 (toll)."
Mr. McNeil said that, if he gets a charter to Kingston and the passenger requests that he use the toll road, he would have to charge the passenger the cost of using the road. "I have to balance back my money or I will lose."
IT SHOULD BE LOWER
Colin Stennette, another Portmore resident, said: "I can't afford it and I am not going that way at all. I think it should be lower than that; $50 would be a more reasonable amount."
Portmore resident Winston Bell said: "I will have to boycott that road because I have to look at what I can afford."
