LTO orders 15M metal for license plates
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) ordered 15 million pieces of metal plates to be used in producing license plates of vehicles.
LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor Mendoza II said the order will cover the 13.2 million license plates backlog for motorcycles and around 179,000 license plates for motor vehicles.
“With this, we expect to address the backlog for both motor vehicles and motorcycles on a monthly basis,” said Mendoza.
Mendoza, however, appealed to the public for understanding, saying the volume of the backlog, especially for motorcycles, requires more time to address the issue.
But the LTO chief gave assurance that all the backlogs, including the registration of new motor vehicles and motorcycles in the coming months, will all be addressed by next year.
“Even our production capacity is also increasing at 32,000 per day or around 700,000 per month,” he added.
Mendoza then expressed confidence that all the backlogs would be addressed by next year as well as the daily consumption rate for license plates for new vehicles and those needing plate replacements.
