The Traffic Enforcement Division within the Ministry of Police Prisons and Corrections Services has been temporarily relocated to the Meredith compound at Matautu-Uta.

The Division, prior to its relocation to Matautu, was located at their old facility at Apia Police headquarters. This follows their transfer from the old Fagalii Airport as a first step to set up the country's first vehicle test driving range in 2020.

Police Commissioner, Auapaau Logoitino Filipo, told Samoa Observer that the Division has moved from Fagalii airport in August last year to their old headquarters opposite the Samoa Victim Support Group's building in Apia. 

Ownership of the Fagalii airport has since been transferred back to the Samoa Airport Authority.

"After moving from Fagalii to Apia in August last year, we inspected the facility and it was precarious so hence why we moved to Matautu for the time being until we find another appropriate location to move to," Auapaau said.

All major functions relating to traffic such as test drive and license registration have also been transferred back to the Land Transport Authority.

According to Auapaau, functions carried out by the Division in Matautu comprise enforcing parking meters, road traffic ordinance enforcement and others.

There are currently plans by the current Government administration to reopen the Fagalii airport.

Last year the Minister of Works Transport and Infrastructure, Olo Fiti Vaai confirmed that the Cabinet had tasked him and his Ministry to begin the search for an alternative location in an isolated area. 

The long-term plan is for Fagali'i to be relocated to a new aerodrome site, though Olo indicated the Government will go ahead and reopen Fagali'i airport before the end of this year for "aviation purposes".

Since the official transferral of property and land ownership back to the S.A.A in August last year the Division moved back to Apia before settling in Matautu this year.