The U.S. Post Office is closing five mail-processing centers in Pennsylvania and one of them is in Lancaster.
It’s no secret the U.S. Post Office is in trouble financially. With fewer people sending mail, the organization is billions of dollars in debt.
They say this move will save $17 million a year.
The U.S. Post Office is shrinking. It has announced that five mail processing centers in PA are closing; in Reading, Williamsport, Scranton, Philadelphia and the one in Lancaster.
The closure should be completed by the summer. The mail from Reading and Williamsport will be sent to Harrisburg instead.
In all, 140 mail processing centers nationally will close this year with another 89 in 2014. This is part of a national move to save $1.2 billion annually, while trimming 13,000 jobs.
The Postmaster General gave us this statement.
“We simply do not have the mail volume to justify the size and capacity of our current mail processing network. To return to long-term profitability and financial stability while keeping mail affordable, we must match our network to the anticipated workload,” stated Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe.
Those five offices in the state will remain open, just not for mail processing. The Postal Service says these changes will not affect delivery.
It’s no secret the U.S. Post Office is in trouble financially. With fewer people sending mail, the organization is billions of dollars in debt.
They say this move will save $17 million a year.
The U.S. Post Office is shrinking. It has announced that five mail processing centers in PA are closing; in Reading, Williamsport, Scranton, Philadelphia and the one in Lancaster.
The closure should be completed by the summer. The mail from Reading and Williamsport will be sent to Harrisburg instead.
In all, 140 mail processing centers nationally will close this year with another 89 in 2014. This is part of a national move to save $1.2 billion annually, while trimming 13,000 jobs.
The Postmaster General gave us this statement.
“We simply do not have the mail volume to justify the size and capacity of our current mail processing network. To return to long-term profitability and financial stability while keeping mail affordable, we must match our network to the anticipated workload,” stated Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe.
Those five offices in the state will remain open, just not for mail processing. The Postal Service says these changes will not affect delivery.