New DMV center to open in Southwest D.C.

The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles on Monday is scheduled to open a new customer service center in Southwest Washington, a long-awaited move that should alleviate the consumer crush at the agency’s C Street hub.

The 10,000-square-foot facility at 95 M St. SW will offer licensing, identification, vehicle services, titling, temporary tags and driving records, in addition to housing DMV headquarters. Driver services will no longer be available at 301 C St. NW, as they have since mid-2005. Adjudication services — where one pays or fights a traffic ticket — will remain at C Street.