New RMV office opening at Mahoney Circle in Revere today

REVERE-The state is giving the city a little good news today amidst the gloomy reports of state spending cuts: The Registry of Motor Vehicles is opening a new office at Mahoney Circle.Relocating the Registry from Melrose makes it easy for area drivers to renew licenses and take care of other business. The move also brings potential shoppers into downtown. Mayor Thomas Ambrosino, local legislators and Registrar Rachel Kaprielian inaugurate the new Registry office today at 10 a.m.State and local officials last October announced the ten-year lease between the Registry and Mahoney Circle LLC, the developer of the Channel project off Mahoney Circle.Registry spokeswoman Ann Dufresne at the time of the announcement said ample parking at the Channel site and easy access onto Everett Street from mahoney Circle prompted the Registry to relocate its Melrose operation, including 17 employees, to Revere.Mahoney Circle LLC will receive $300,000 a year under the lease terms. Dufresne said the company recently retrofitted the Registry site in Wilmington.The Mahoney Circle location will be outfitted with new technology allowing customers to take a driver?s permit test using a touch screen. Employee workstations will be outfitted so that Registry employees can handle licensing and registration functions.Dufresne estimates at least 13,000 customers will use the Revere branch every month.?The move to Revere will impact customer flow at a number of other branches,” Dufresne said in October.Like other registries across the state, the Revere location will be open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.