{"id":219950,"date":"2026-04-05T23:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219950\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:51:20","slug":"miami-dades-operation-green-light-returns-waiving-fees-to-help-drivers-reinstate-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219950\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade\u2019s Operation Green Light returns, waiving fees to help drivers reinstate licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade\u2019s Operation Green Light returns <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Hundreds of thousands of drivers in Miami-Dade County have suspended licenses &#8212; but some will soon get a chance to get back on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An annual program called Operation Green Light returns to Miami-Dade starting Monday, running for a limited time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The program is designed to help people reinstate their driver\u2019s licenses by making it easier and cheaper to pay off outstanding debts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During the program, the county will waive collection fees on overdue traffic tickets, parking fines and court cases. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Those fees can add up to about 30%, so drivers could see a good amount of their total balance wiped out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Many suspensions in Miami-Dade are tied to unpaid traffic fines or toll violations, not dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">When the program last ran in September 2023, the county says drivers saved nearly $300,000 in collection fees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials say the goal is to help people who are struggling financially get back on their feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Operation Green Light runs through April 19.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Byron Tollefson\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/b58c08f2-f400-4245-95df-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Byron Tollefson<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Byron Tollefson joined Local 10 News as a reporter in July 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM Miami-Dade\u2019s Operation Green Light returns MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Hundreds of thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-219950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}