Driver amenities are set to reopen statewide Jan. five after being shuttered for weeks as COVID-19 circumstances skyrocketed in Illinois.
Facilities have been closed for a 2d time in November after Secretary of State Jesse White made up our minds it was once best possible to give protection to the “health and safety of employees and the public.”
Currently, most effective two amenities are open in Chicago, however most effective to new drivers:
Chicago North, at 5401 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago South, at 9901 S. King Dr.
White additionally prolonged expiration dates for motive force’s licenses and IDs to June 1.
White to begin with deliberate to reopen amenities in early December, however he mentioned the state of the pandemic made it too unhealthy and prolonged the closures into January.
In mid-March, White closed Illinois motive force amenities for the primary time amid emerging coronavirus circumstances. Facilities have been reopened in June to lengthy traces as drivers sought to resume 700,000 expired licenses and ID playing cards and 1.nine million expired car registrations.
White has additionally quickly closed a number of Chicago house motive force’s amenities after workers examined certain for COVID-19.
Since March, greater than 8,700 other folks in Illinois have died from the coronavirus, whilst well being officers reported greater than 290,000 laboratory-confirmed circumstances.
More information about drivers services and products will also be discovered on-line at www.cyberdriveillinois.com.