The backlog of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has reached 234,149 pieces of driver’s license cards.
According to Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Jay Art Tugade, this is the result of their inventory up to May 2, 2003.
Of the 350 LTO offices nationwide, according to Tugade, 172 offices do not have plastic cards.
The only remaining is at 83,490 as of May 2.
Tugade said this during the hybrid meeting held by the House Committee on Transportation Thursday afternoon.
“The total backlogs as of May 2 stands at 234,149 pieces” said Tugade.
The procurement process of the Department of Transportation continues according to Tugade.
“The opening and submission of the bids has been rescheduled has been scheduled on May 2023 and the target completion of the procurement is July of 2023,” added Tugade.
According to Tugade, the first schedule of the driver’s license card will be done within 60 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed.
According to Tugade, some of the steps taken by the LTO are the re-allocation of available supplies of driver’s license cards.
“Nag-forecasting po kami ang inadjust po namin ang mga on hand inventory ng iba-ibang offices po namin,” said Tugade.
LTO lacks more than 234,000 driver’s license cards
According to Tugade, the second thing the LTO did was to authorize the use of a temporary driver’s license or the OR printed on paper as a temporary driver’s license.
Tugade said they met with some law enforcement officers and LTO deputized agents on their steps.
Another thing that was done was the extension of the validity of the driver’s license that expired from April 24, 2023, to October 31, 2023 or within six months.
According to Tugade, to fill driver’s license backlogs, the LTO will set up a temporary off-site printing office to print the driver’s license backlogs.
The LTO Licensing Centers are also open from Saturday to Sunday to accommodate backlogs while their staff have compulsory overtime.
Meanwhile, 1-Rider Party List Rep Bonifacio Bosita is concerned about the use of paper as a temporary driver’s license by motorists.
In this regard, Congressman Bosita requested that the DILG issue a memo to the LGUs for the enforcers to follow.
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