LTO Activates 25 Sites For Driver’s License Issuance

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.

The 25 sites are located in Metro Manila and Regions 3, 4-A, and 8. These are the following:

Angeles District Office

Manila South District Office

Batangas Licensing Center

Marikina District Office

Biñan Licensing Center

Muntinlupa Extension Office

Bulacan Licensing Center

Pampanga Licensing Center

Cavite Licensing Center

Parañaque Extension Office

Kalookan Licensing Extension Office

Pasay Licensing Center

La Loma District Office

Pasig District Office

Las Piñas License Extension Office

Quezon City District Office

Makati Licensing Center

San Juan Licensing Center

Mandaluyong Extension Office

Tacloban Licensing Center

Manila East District Office

Taguig Extension Office

Manila Licensing Center

Valenzuela District Office

Manila Renewal Section

“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.

Source: www.dotc.gov.ph