KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 6, CMC – The Transport Ministry intends to implement a new aged vehicle policy, that allows for the importation of 10-year-old cars and 15 to 20 year old buses.
This will aid public passenger vehicle, PPV, operators replenish their fleet.
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz said the draft policy will be submitted to cabinet for discussion next week.
Vaz who was speaking on Tuesday during a press conference, noted that currently, about 90 percent of the island’s PPV operators use vehicles that are over 15 years old.
“The current fleet of passengers vehicles in operation on our roads is comprised for aged vehicles with more than 90percent of them being over 15 years old. The expansion of the age limit of vehicles imported, will broaden the affordability option for PPV operations while not compromising safety.”
He said the new policy will facilitate ordering vehicles directly from overseas.
“A cabinet submission is being drafted, the new policy will allow PPV operators to benefit directly by ordering the vehicles directly from overseas but the local dealers can also import the vehicles through a registered dealer and buying the vehicle from the lot of a pre-authorized dealer,” Vaz said.
He indicated that a new Cabinet submission is being drafted and will be presented next week.
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