THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) has given assurance there would be no more backlog in the issuance of driver’s license cards and vehicle license plates starting July 1.
In a Malacañang briefing on Tuesday, LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said the agency was able to secure enough supply of plastic driver’s licenses and vehicle license plates as reported to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a sectoral meeting.
According to Mendoza, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the LTO were able to bid out 9.7 million driver’s license cards to solve the backlog issue.
“Roughly 9.7 million cards have already been bid out by our DOTr and LTO. So there’s no reason we won’t have enough cards for the whole year. Because of this, by July 1 of this year, there should be no more backlog,” Mendoza said.
Mendoza also stressed that by July 1 there should be no temporary plates.
“By July 1, there should be no more temporary plates. But by July 1, all four-wheel motor vehicles and above should already have their plates.,” Mendoza said.
Asked for an update on the 11 million backlog in motorcycle license plates, Mendoza said the backlog started during the previous administration’s lack of funds in the procurement of license cards.
“Under this administration, the congressional budget allocation suddenly jumped from an average of 14 percent in previous years to a whopping 77 percent of what we requested. That increase should be more than enough to address the current issue,” Mendoza explained.
“It’s more on the budgetary problems that we solved,” he added.
He stated that by 2025 all backlogs including the motorcycle plates would be completed.
For his part, President Marcos welcomed the latest development on the issuance of motor vehicle license plates and driver’s license cards.
“We have finally paid attention to the problem. So, I’m glad to see that the motor vehicles – the four-wheeled vehicles were okay,” President Marcos said.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline Backlog in driver’s licenses, vehicle plates done by July — LTO
