April McCullum

Free Press Staff Writer

Vermonters have until the end of November to pay off overdue traffic tickets that are preventing them from holding a valid driver's license.

The statewide "driver restoration" program allows people to pay $30 to resolve certain overdue traffic tickets issued before July 1, 2012.

Vermont held its first Driver Restoration Day in Burlington last year, drawing long lines and available only for residents of some counties. Lawmakers expanded the program statewide from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 this year with the expectation that it would be a one-time offer.

As of Monday afternoon, 599 people had filed paperwork to pay off 2,803 tickets, said Joanne Charbonneau, interim statewide clerk at the Vermont Judicial Bureau. She hoped to see more.

After people resolve their tickets at court, they may receive a new driver's license. Nancy Prescott at the Department of Motor Vehicles said 79 drivers had been reinstated.

The driver restoration application is available at www.VermontJudiciary.org and can be submitted electronically, by mail or in person to the Vermont Judicial Bureau in White River Junction.

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