First batch of vehicle plates out

THE Land Transportation Office is set to release the first batch of vehicle plates to its regional offices in the first week of July, the Department of Transportation said.

The plates were produced in the plate making facility of the LTO acquired last April.

“The LTO will release the available vehicle plates simultaneously nationwide by first week of July,” LTO Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante said in a statement.

“The LTO will notify the vehicle owners on the dates they may claim their plates. We ask our clients to wait for their notification so they do not waste their time going to the LTO Office only to be disappointed,” he added.

Galvante said plates registered from July 1 to October 31, 2016 are being circulated to LTO Regional Offices by batches, for distribution to the District Offices, which will then release the plates to vehicle owners.

As of as of June 18, 387,000 pieces of motor vehicle plates have been produced, according to DOTr.

Meanwhile, Galvante said LTO will begin producing motorcycle plates once it receives an approval from Congress.

“We will produce the motorcycle plates as soon as Congress gives the go signal. Motorcycle owners are free to use their motorcycles as long as these are registered, with their respective plates/ MV File Numbers displayed,” Galvante said.

The contract for the procurement of 775,000 pairs of motor vehicle plates and 1.7-million motorcycle plates to address the plate requirements from July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017 was bagged byTrojan Computer Forms Manufacturing Corporation and JH Tonnjes E.A.S.T. GmbH Joint Venture.