UpdatedFri, Apr 30, 2021 at 1:30 pm ET
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(NJ MVC)
NEW JERSEY More changes have come to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission now that the agency continues to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Brenda Sue Fulton, the chief administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission, said the agency has overhauled its technical infrastructure to help move the vast majority of transactions online. Not that things are rosy, now – far from it. Not when six to 12 agencies are closed due to staff quarantines on any given day, Fulton told the state Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Thursday. Hearing that we are doing 20 percent more transactions than before COVID is no consolation if it s your appointment that was canceled.
2 more MVC agencies, in Lakewood and Flemington, shut down due to COVID
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Two more state Motor Vehicle Commission agencies closed Thursday after employees at each tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.
Lakewood will be closed until Thursday, April 15, after the employee who tested positive was last in the agency on Wednesday, March 31. Flemington will be closed until Wednesday, April 14, after an employee who tested positive was last in the agency on Tuesday, March 30.
Drivers will see some relief on Saturday when the Randolph, Bayonne and Salem licensing centers are scheduled to reopen.
All MVC facilities will be closed Friday, April 2, in observance of Good Friday. Regular operations resume at all MVC facilities Saturday, except at agencies closed due to COVID-19.
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.