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New Motor Vehicle Office To Open
Larger Facility to Replace Widefield Office Which Closes on
October 7th.
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office is planning to open a New
Motor Vehicle branch office at the Southeast Corner of Powers Boulevard and
Airport Road on Monday, October 17, 2005, according to Bob Balink, County Clear
& Recorder. “That’s the schedule,” says Balink. “If we receive the final
inspections and the Certificate of Occupancy before then; and we certainly
expect that to happen,” The week of October 10-14 will be needed- between the
Widefield Office closing and the new Powers Branch opening- to move and
reinstall motor vehicle files, equipment and data line at the new location.
“ This is a long overdue move and we are hopeful that the new Powers Branch
office will relieve some of the burden on our other two offices,” Balink stated.
“We’ve had unprecedented and unacceptable wait times since early summer but with
three branches of equal size we fully expect lines to decrease at the Chapel
Hill Mall and Centennial Hall offices,” he continued. According to Motor Vehicle
Department data the Widefield office has been serving less than 20 % of the
citizens in El Paso County, while the other two branches handled about 80% of
the Motor Vehicle Department volume.
In addition to the move, all positions at each Branch Office will be permanent
assignments; including the Branch Manager, Assistant Branch Manager, technical
support personnel, and the entire counter staff. According to Balink, “We fully
expect these changes to provide better customer service to all the citizens of
El Paso County. And, at the same time, we are strongly encouraging citizens to
renew by mail, whenever possible, to further reduce the wait time for others.”
The new Powers Motor Vehicle Branch Office will also provide Driver’s License
Renewal Services, as do the Chapel Hills Mall and Centennial Hall branches.
These services include: Driver’s License renewals; reissue of lost Driver’s
licenses; transfer license from another state; name change on existing license;
and renewal of Colorado I.D.s. However, other services such as issuing new
Driver's Licenses and Colorado I.D.s; administration of the driving and written
tests; processing reinstatements; issuance of commercial driver’s licenses; and
providing copies of motor vehicle driving records must still be handled at the
State Motor Vehicle office located at 4420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Suite 188 (
about a half mile east of Academy Boulevard).
For further information please contact the Motor Vehicle Department manager,
Joyce Willener, at (719) 520-6244.
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