2 more MVC agencies closed by COVID, for a total of 7 statewide
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission officials closed two agencies on Saturday after employees at each tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Camden Licensing Center and the Trenton Licensing and Regional Service Center are closed and scheduled to reopen on Friday Feb. 5, after the agencies are sanitized, contract tracing and any quarantining is complete.
These agencies are scheduled to reopen on the following dates:
North Bergen Licensing Center - Monday, Jan 25.
Lodi Licensing Center - Monday, Jan 25.
Edison Licensing Center - Friday, Jan 29.
Randolph Licensing Center - Monday, Feb 1.
As another MVC agency shuts down, legislators try to bring relief to drivers facing deadlines
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
As state Motor Vehicle Commission officials shut down the Paterson agency late Sunday night due to an employee testing positive for the coronavirus, legislators are moving a bill to extend some dates that driver and vehicle documents expire.
The Paterson Licensing and Regional Service Center will remain closed for sanitizing, contact tracing and quarantining until Feb. 5.
This closure blunts the impact of reopening two agencies Monday in North Bergen and Lodi. Drivers who lost appointments due to agency shutdowns complained they are running up against dates their documents expire for in-person transactions.
Wayne MVC agency closed until next month
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
After a week with few agency closures, the state Motor Vehicle Commission’s Wayne licensing center closed until next month due to an employee testing positive for the coronavirus.
The employee who tested positive was last in the Wayne Center on Thursday, and it is scheduled to reopen Friday, Feb. 5, MVC officials said.
Vehicle inspections and Road Test Operations at Wayne remain open, because they are in separate buildings from the Licensing Center.
The number of agencies open will improve slightly as the Medford Vehicle Center and Salem Licensing Center will reopen, Saturday. Both were closed for quarantine and full COVID-19 cleaning, officials said.
North Bergen DMV closing for the third time after employee test positive for COVID-19
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“BREAKING: NORTH BERGEN LICENSING CENTER is closed due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19, and will reopen Monday, January 25,” the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission tweeted at 12 noon today.
The same facility closed between October 6th and October 20th, as well as between December 2nd and December 17th, due to a staffer’s positive coronavirus test.
While the Jersey City and Bayonne facilities have also closed for the same reason, the North Bergen facility is the first one in Hudson County to shut down for a third time.
9 MVC agencies closed to COVID statewide despite 3 reopening
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
The state Motor Vehicle Commission started Tuesday on a high note, when three agencies reopened, but those gains were cut by one when the North Bergen agency closed after an employee there tested positive for the coronavirus.
North Bergen Licensing Center closed just after noon when an employee who was last in the agency on Jan. 9 tested positive for COVID-19, said William Connolly, an MVC spokesman. North Bergen is scheduled to reopen on Jan. 25, he said.
That happened after the MVC had 11 closed agencies on Monday out of 39 in the state. On Tuesday morning, the Manahawkin Vehicle Center, Toms River Licensing Center, and Edison Licensing Center reopened as scheduled.