UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 1:29 pm ET
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NEW JERSEY The Motor Vehicle Commission announced that it s continuing to make changes to help customers now that 10 Motor Vehicle Commission centers are closed after employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
The MVC revealed late Monday that a vast majority of the agency s business – 75 percent – has now been moved to the Internet at NJMVC.gov and that 40 percent more transactions are being processed each week since before the pandemic.
Eighty percent of the license and registration renewals are now being handled online, officials said.
Subscribe New Jerseyans are well-served by the MVC, as we deliver motor vehicle services as safely and effectively as possible during a pandemic, said William Connolly, a spokesman for the MVC.
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.