Kay-Marie Fletch­er

Se­nior Re­porter

kay-marie.fletch­er@guardian.co.tt

Mo­torists con­fused by the re­cent in­creas­es in late-fee penal­ties for dri­ver’s li­cence re­newals can now find clar­i­ty at li­cens­ing of­fices. Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion Min­is­ter Eli Za­k­our con­firmed yes­ter­day that all of­fices now dis­play up­dat­ed signs.

Dur­ing a post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing on Thurs­day, Za­k­our stat­ed that up­dat­ed signs were be­ing in­stalled to re­flect the ad­just­ed fees and tax­es, ad­dress­ing con­fu­sion among mo­torists who had been in­cor­rect­ly charged due to sys­tem er­rors.

How­ev­er, when Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed the Li­cens­ing Of­fice, Wright­son Road, Port-of-Spain branch yes­ter­day, there were no up­dat­ed signs. There were, how­ev­er, a few signs that re­flect­ed old fees for mo­torists, caus­ing con­fu­sion about the late penal­ties ac­cord­ing to the law.

At 4.13 pm, af­ter the Li­cens­ing Of­fice closed, Za­k­our in­formed Guardian Me­dia that all branch­es now fea­ture up­dat­ed signs list­ing the new fees for dri­ver’s per­mits, late re­newals, pro­vi­sion­al per­mits, test­ing sta­tions and cer­ti­fied copies.

The min­is­ter al­so pro­vides pho­tos of the new signs placed at the Ca­roni, Ari­ma and Port-of-Spain branch­es.