The Land Transportation Office will have a backlog of 4.6 million for driver’s licenses by the end of the year and 13 million for motorcycle plates until 2025, Senator Grace Poe said.
“The good news is by Nov. 15, there are no more backlogs for motor vehicles [plates], but until 2025 there will still be motorcycle plates backlog to the tune of around 13 million,” she said.
Poe made the disclosure during the Senate plenary deliberations on the Department of Transportation’s proposed budget for 2024.
“For the driver’s license, as of Oct 18, 2023, the backlog is 2.4 million cards and is projected to increase to 3.9 million by December 2023,” she added.
The LTO is expecting 4.6 million card supplies next year, which will result in a decrease of the backlog to 2 million, Poe said.
“Considering the projected annual requirement of 6.6 million cards based on average license card issuance of about 550,000 cards per month, this results in a projected deficit of 2 million cards in 2024,” the senator said.