GOV. MALLOY, DMV COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENT CENTERS AND UPGRADES AS PART OF AGENCY MODERNIZATION EFFORTS
(WETHERSFIELD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is now accepting appointments for learner's permit tests in the Old Saybrook office as part of the department's major computer upgrade so that businesses and customers can do more transactions online without coming into a DMV office. Old Saybrook now joins Waterbury, Danbury, Bridgeport, Cheshire, Norwalk, Wethersfield, Hamden and Willimantic in offering learner's permit testing by appointment. This test-by-appointment system is part of a new and growing service DMV started in 2012 to help customers avoid waiting in line. It captures DMV's efforts to better integrate technology that produces taxpayer savings and makes government more responsive. The first available appointments start May 13. “From the start, our goal has been…