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Land Transport Authority About To Take Off

Written by Pio Sioa
Monday, 07 July 2008
DOWNTOWN APIA : Proper parking in town will be one of the responsibilities for the new Authority . Government is poised to give its blessings to the birth of its newest corporation, the Land Transport Authority. The new corporate body breaks up the current set up in the Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure. “We’re launching it this month, actually,” Minister of in Charge, Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau says. “ The establishment of the new body comes under the Land Transport Authority Act passed in Parliament last year and was scheduled to be launched in July this year.” Self-financed is the buzz word for this latest addition to the lineup of Government owned corporate bodies, that will be taking on the bulk of the Ministry’s current workload. “Everything to do with the construction of new roads, maintenance of old ones, recovery of Government land for roading purposes and all the required negotiations involved for getting all the work done, will now be handled by this new body.” One of the first major developments the new Authority will undertake is the multi-million tala widening of the busy section of the road from Vailoa to Malifa. About $2 million tala has already been paid in compensation for the taking of families free hold land affected by the widening of the road. Newsline has learned however that sensitive negotiations are still ongoing for the last remaining landowner that could end up in court if everything else fails. Minister Tuisugaletaua however would not want to elaborate on the situation while talks are continuing. Registration of vehicles and driving licenses, that is currently handled by the Transport Control Board, will also be taken over by the Authority, as well as all infrastructural related work. The LTA establishment will now make it possible to have transport officers on patrol along the main streets of town, to police areas of concern like illegal parking and vehicle road worthiness. The officers will be authorized to hand out instant fines for parking or other similar violations of traffic ordinance. “There are several other areas of responsibility that will be handled by the Authority but rather than rushing all of them in at once, the idea is to build up gradually, until it is in a position to take them up,” Tuisugaletaua explained. The breakaway move will allow for the Ministry of Works to concentrate on regulatory functions, similar to what other Ministries, already in place, are doing now. Comments (2) Subscribe to this comment's feed malo written by sole, July 08, 2008 manaia si na taumafaiga, o isi atunuu e tele ituaiga leoleo ma e eseese foi a latou matafaioi,,masalo o se mea faapena o le a agai atu i ai tatou compliance costs written by anon, July 27, 2008 Hi there. I am really interested in how compliance is carried out in Samoa once a vehicle has been imported from overseas. Exactly what the whole process entails, port fees, excise, vagst etc.. Any help would be much appreciated. Write comment Name Email Title Comment

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