Since extending hours of operation at area motor-vehicle inspection stations last month, the average wait time at the Washington Avenue station is now down to 40 to 45 minutes.
“The White Station facility is about one hour. When the Washington station gets down to 15 minutes, if the line is backed up on Lamar or White Station, they alert citizens they can go to other inspection stations,” said Janet Hooks, director of public services and neighborhoods.
TODAY’S LINE AT THE WHITE STATION INSPECTION STATION
Hooks blamed the (much reviled) city inspection stations’ long wait times on capacity, and said the problem should be helped by a new inspection station that should come online within the next 6 months.
Memphis inspects 416,000 vehicles each year through the city’s 10 inspection lanes. Chattanooga, which inspects more than 200,00 vehicles, has 22 lanes, and Nashville, which inspects 577,000 vehicles each year, has 17 lanes, each with the ability to be doubled.
The new Appling Road facility will have six lanes, four of which will be designated for passenger vehicles.
