As the province continues to ease coronavirus safety restrictions, Manitoba Public Insurance plans to gradually begin offering Class 1 road and knowledge tests, beginning the week of May 18.

The public insurer says testing will begin at Winnipeg’s Gateway Service Centre (40 Lexington Park), before being rolled out at other locations.

“This resumption on Class 1 road tests and knowledge tests is a small step forward to the day we can resume other class road tests and services to our customers,” said Satvir Jatana, MPI’s vice president of employee and community engagement, in a news release.

“COVID-19 dramatically changed our world and services we offer, however, we must all do our part to continue decreasing the curve.”

All vision and knowledge testing have been on hold since March 16, when MPI announced an immediate halt due to COVID-19 concerns.

However, MPI emphasizes it needs to work through the backlog of cancelled tests before it can begin accepting any new ones — a task that may take some time.

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