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.
7 MVC agencies now closed due to COVID
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
State Motor Vehicle Commission officials closed agencies in Newark, Vineland, Salem, and Lodi Licensing Centers after a single employee tested positive for the coronavirus at each location.
That brings the total to 7 agencies closed statewide of 39, all of which are among the 23 agencies designated to handle driver’s license transactions.
Newark Regional Licensing Center will be closed until Wednesday, March 10 after an employee who tested positive was last in the agency on Feb. 23, MVC officials said.
Vineland, Salem, and Lodi Licensing Centers will be closed until Monday, March 15. The single employee who tested positive at each of these locations was last in those agencies on Feb. 27.