First call for Lautoka, Nadi zones

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced its first call for the taxi permit applications for the Nadi-1, Nadi-2 and Lautoka-1 transport zones.

LTA will start receiving taxi permit applications for Nadi-1, Nadi-2, and Lautoka-2 transport zones, from May 31, 2018, at the Taxi Permit Processing Centre within LTA’s Lautoka complex.

This comes in the wake of the lifting of the taxi permit freeze on January 1, 2018.

The new Taxi Permit Application Forms and its checklist will be available for the interested members of the public at LTA offices in Nadi and Lautoka from 28 May 2018.

The checklists and forms can also be obtained from the LTA website at www.lta.com.fj.

The applications for the other zones will be announced later.

LTA board chairperson Vijay Maharaj said interested members of the public within the transport zones that have been announced must ensure that they meet the requirements for the application.

Additionally, Mr Maharaj said that the call for taxi permit applications would attract a large crowd, but the new processes in the Land Transport (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 would ensure that only those who qualified for this would be considered through the most transparent processes.

“The LTA board, executive management and the staff are working at their best to ensure that the project is executed smoothly and with accordance to the regulations, our staff are undergoing training to enable rigid vetting of applications and information presented by the applicants,” Mr Maharaj said.