Travellers along major highways in B.C. and Alberta, could run into delays on Monday, due to convoys protesting the April 1 carbon tax increase.

In B.C., protesters will leave Langley, Kelowna, Merritt, and Kamloops and converge on Hope around 9 a.m.

Highway maintenance contractor, Emil Anderson says there is potential for traffic disruptions along Highway 1, Highway 3, and Highway 5 corridors near Hope.

The contractor says it’s not clear at this point exactly where the traffic issues may occur, or how serious they’ll be.

It adds that it’ll work with the RCMP to minimize impacts on the travelling public.

Protests are also expected in Sparwood.

In Alberta, demonstrators are expected in Cochrane, northwest of Calgary, as well as Lloydminster and Cypress County, near the Saskatchewan border.

In B.C., the carbon tax increase will amount to an extra three cents a litre to fill up.

In Alberta, motorists will once again be paying the provincial government’s 13-cent-a-litre tax, plus the increase to the carbon tax.

Why are people protesting?

These delays are in relation to a national anti-carbon tax protest organized by a group called Nationwide Protest Against Carbon Tax is taking place.

The organizers have built a website that is the central platform “in the fight against the Carbon Tax, where Canadians unite for equitable policy change.”

The group says its goal is to immediately remove the carbon tax “without replacement by any other form of taxation.”

“We stand against the Carbon Tax due to its harsh impact on everyday Canadians, urging you to join the protest for fair and effective climate solutions,” the website states.

The organization says it will organize interprovincial border strikes, while maintaining at least one center lane open for traffic, peacefully until its goals are achieved.

-With files from Cole Schisler and Renee Bernard