QUEZON CITY, Aug. 25 — Responding to the driver’s license backlog issue, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has activated 25 sites in Metro Manila, Regions 3, 4-A, and 8, for license issuances. Allcard Plastics will be responsible of the delivery of license cards over a 12-month period.
The agency aims to erase 900,000 backlogs by the start of October 2015.
To address the Agency Aims to Erase 900,000 Backlog by Start of October 2015
After testing the new system for the issuance of driver’s licenses at 19 of its sites last week, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) activated 25 sites for driver’s license, student’s permit, and conductor’s license applicants beginning today, August 24.
“Our effort to break a 30-year monopoly in driver’s license cards supply is finally about to bear fruit. It is unfortunate that we had to resort to temporary licenses for several months, but good governance principles demanded an open, fair, and transparent bid. We will now work double time to normalize this service,” said Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Jun Abaya.
“We will print licenses during Saturdays and after office hours on weekdays, in order to erase the current backlog of around 900,000 licenses by the beginning of October this year,” said LTO chief Assistant Secretary Alfonso Tan, Jr.
These license cards sport a new, color-coded design: orange cards will be issued to student drivers, yellow cards to conductors, and the current blue card to both professional and non-professional drivers.
The DOTC recently awarded the LTO License Cards Supply Project to Allcard Plastics, whose P 336.868-million bid was 25.3% lower than the P 450 Million budget for the contract. Allcard is responsible for the delivery of five (5) million pieces of license cards over a 12-month period, which supply is intended to cover demand for the next three years.
The 25 sites are located in Metro Manila and Regions 3, 4-A, and 8. These are the following:
Angeles District Office
Batangas Licensing Center
Biñan Licensing Center
Bulacan Licensing Center
Cavite Licensing Center
Kalookan Licensing Extension Office
La Loma District Office
Las Piñas License Extension Office
Makati Licensing Center
Mandaluyong Extension Office
Manila East District Office
Manila Licensing Center
Manila Renewal Section
Manila South District Office
Marikina District Office
Muntinlupa Extension Office
Pampanga Licensing Center
Parañaque Extension Office
Pasay Licensing Center
Pasig District Office
Quezon City District Office
San Juan Licensing Center
Tacloban Licensing Center
Taguig Extension Office
Valenzuela District Office
(From DOTC)
