Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 30) — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) expects to hasten the production of motorcycle plates as its recently acquired plate-making machine becomes operational.
“Hindi na ‘ho manu-mano ang paggawa ng ating plaka. Sa tulong nitong IDE-Robot, mas mapapabilis pa natin ang distribusyon ng plaka para sa ating mga motorista,” Secretary Art Tugade said in a statement on Wednesday.
[Translation: We no longer have to make our plates manually. With the help of this IDE-Robot, we can speed up the distribution of license plates to our motorists.]
It is the second plate-making machine purchased by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and is now deployed at its own facility in Quezon City.
The transportation agency said the machine can produce 450 motorcycle plates per hour or 3,600 motorcycle plates for every eight-hour shift.
“Malaking tulong ito para i-augment ‘yung kasalukuyang capacity ng ating facility. And as we produce, we will continue to distribute so that we can provide plates for all registered vehicles,” LTO chief Edgar Galvante said.
[Translation: This is a big help to augment the current capacity of our facility. And as we produce, we will continue to distribute so that we can provide plates for all registered vehicles.]
