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MANILA - The Land Transportation Office (LTO) said Monday it would start producing its own license plates this month, providing relief for motorists who endured long waiting times when the plates were outsourced.

Seven embossing machines, which can produce 22,000 plates daily, will be used to address the backlog from July 2016 to the present, said the LTO chief, Transportation Assistant Secretary Edgar Galvante.

Two more machines will arrive by July, with the capacity to produce 12,000 plates a day, he told DZMM.

The Supreme Court in January lifted a temporary restraining order against the release of 300,000 license plates, which were procured under a questioned agreement. The procurement happened under the previous Aquino government.