In the ordinary session 203 of the Council of the Metropolitan District of Quito, Silvana Vallejo, director of the Metropolitan Traffic Agency, pointed out the strategy that will be used so that the owners of public and private vehicles comply with this requirement, prior to registration in the country. In addition, she explained the reasons why this service has been delayed.
“There is no current contract with the vehicle inspection centers. This ended in 2018 and has not yet been settled. The strategies, according to current regulations, will be comprehensive and inter-institutional”, indicated the director of the AMT.
Until April 2022, the contract with the two operators that provided this service will be settled. While, with the National Transit Agency (ANT), the rescheduling of vehicle technical inspection which will start in July 2022, with digits 1 and 2 and will last until November.
Vehicles that did not carry out the vehicle inspection in 2021, public, school, commercial or cargo transport, and vehicles that carry out this process for the first time could carry out the vehicle technical inspection in the GADs surrounding Quito, from February to November. Around 157,834 vehicles could access this service. They will have to carry out the process with the respective fine.
Regarding the concern of air quality and what could happen during the following months, the director of the AMT indicated that during the six months there would be no critical levels of emissions. “We do not have a high percentage of emissions. We are not at critical levels; 63% of vehicles passed the vehicle technical review in 2021”. (AVV)
