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Nanaimo drivers facing long waits to book drivers license road tests
NANAIMO — Multiple factors are behind delays in getting more licensed drivers on the road.
Examiners in Nanaimo continue to play catchup for mid-Island residents after ICBC temporarily suspended road tests in the early days of COVID-19. Testing resumed in July 2020 with a massive backlog of requests.
Brent Shearer, senior media relations advisor with ICBC, told NanaimoNewsNOW via email, early pandemic restrictions limited the number of tests which could be done in a day.
“Recently, in alignment with B.C.’s Restart under the guidance of the Provincial Health Officer, we’ve been able to get the number of tests each examiner can do per day back up to pre-pandemic levels.”