U.S. Congress members representing the North Platte area are expressing their frustration with a Postal Service decision they say will have a negative impact on much of the state.
USPS officials announced this week they intend to transfer operations of the North Platte Mail Processing and Distribution Center to Denver, and convert the North Platte facility to a Local Processing Center.
Congressman Adrian Smith said it’s the latest in a long line of USPS decisions that have been bad for rural Americans. “This is unacceptable for Nebraska communities, businesses, seniors who are particularly reliant on the Postal Service for delivery of prescription medicines for just one example, failing to restore customer confidence is a losing strategy to achieve the reforms that are desperately needed for the Postal Service to overcome its serious fiscal problems, the Postal Service really needs to focus more on improving service.”
Both Nebraska U.S. Senators, Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts, signed on to a bipartisan letter urging the Postal Service to pause the plan, with Fischer saying the process leading to the decision was ‘disingenuous’.
26 senators from across the country signed the letter to the Postmaster General and Board of Governors, calling for further study of the proposed modernization plan.
