10th MVC agency closed by COVID
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
The number of state Motor Vehicle Commission agencies closed by the coronavirus reached 10 Tuesday afternoon.
The Rio Grande Licensing Center closed Tuesday afternoon after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 and is scheduled to reopen on March 29. The employee who tested positive was last in the agency Saturday, March 13, MVC officials said.
The agency, located in Cape May County, had been shut down briefly by a technical problem on March 11.
Drivers who had appointments at the Rio Grade agency will need to reschedule them on the MVC website.
That means roughly 25% of the states 39 agencies are closed.
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Two New Jersey MVC locations will reopen from covid-involved shutdowns on Friday, Save Jerseyans, and one of them is a biggie: West Deptford, the only regional motor vehicle facility in South Jersey.
For weeks, Trenton was the sole southernmost option for state motorists in desperate need of specific important services (like curing a suspended license or registration). Rather than repurpose other South Jersey locations to help pick up the slack, residents living in the Philly metro counties and the Shore points were forced to decide whether to trek to the capital or journey to a North Jersey regional location.
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The end result: (more) long lines, lost works hours standing in those lines, and an all-around major inconvenience for thousands of South Jerseyans failed by their state government.
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