Traffic Department Finally Issuing License Plates and Stickers

After a year of waiting, motorists are now able to access license plates and vehicle stickers from the Department of Transport. On Thursday, the department announced the successful restocking of the essential items and apologized for the inconvenience caused to the public. We spoke with Chief Transport Officer, Leon Gentle, for more details on the announcement. Here’s what he had to say.

 

Leon Gentle, Chief Transport Officer

“The department put out a press release to inform the public that we, one want to first apologize  for not being able to provide the service,  and two, to notify them that we have started the distribution of those license plates and stickers. It took us some time to get there, and we continue to procure on a weekly basis to make sure that we have the necessary supplies. The assessment has revealed that over a thousand plates were in backlog. And as the plates come in, they are distributed to the different departments.  we’ve seen the need for an increase in that flow. Because of as they’re coming in, they’re leaving. We are definitely seeing how we can rectify the situation as quickly as possible. The idea is that we want to get back to our normal operating flow as a department of transport.”

 

Britney Gordon

“Okay. And the delay in receiving stickers and license plates took so long because of this assessment. How often can we expect these assessments and will this be the case every time?

 

Leon Gentle

This would not reoccur. The idea at this point is for us to clear up the backlog that we have in license plates and stickers, which again would also take some time because as they’re coming in, we’re making sure that those the department of that particular service also has the need for that  element of it’s in our case, what we’re doing is that as soon as there we have a supply we’re distributing at the same time, I know there’s also an for that on a monthly and weekly, daily basis.”

 

Britney Gordon

“Is there still a bit of wait period as everything transitions?”

 

Leon Gentle

“Yes, there’s a transitional period that we need to go through, which includes clearing up that backlog, and at the same time distribute for those new persons applying for the license plates and stickers. And of course, that also depends on how quickly that production comes from a weekly basis from the person producing those license plates and stickers.”

 

Britney Gordon

“And is there any shortage of supply on the materials needed to make those?”

 

Leon Gentle

“As far as the supplier has indicated to us that it is coming in as soon as she gets there it’s an idea of putting the dynamics together so that it can be distributed to us. It all depends on the supplier and how quickly they can get it to the Department of Transport.”