Downtown DMV to close: Director cites new efficiencies

The downtown Anchorage office of the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will be closing its doors for good at the end of March.
DMV director Marla Thompson said it’s not a matter of budget cuts as much as cost efficiencies. She said the office wasn’t serving enough customers to justify keeping it open.
“They take about 60,000 people a year,” Thompson said. “We can handle that at our Benson location. We can add to our current staff and just be a lot more efficient and