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After intervention from the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation as well as the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the TT Bureau of Standards (TTBS) tyre inspection unit, which was set to be closed down on August 29, will remain open.

Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Eli Zakour made the announcement at the post-cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre on August 28.

Zakour explained that the inspection station where roll-on roll-off car importers went to have their tyres inspected operated at a VMCOTT location which was under the purview of his ministry.