USPS Plans Reviews of 30 Additional P&DCs
The Postal Service is considering trimming operations at 30 more Processing and Distribution Centers (P&DC).
USPS filed 30 notices of intent on Jan. 10, signaling its plans for the locations. For each one, USPS will investigate if efficiency and service could be improved by “consolidating some mail processing operations” to another P&DC.
The facilities set to undergo a Mail Processing Facility Review are listed on USPS’s website as:
Abilene, Texas (with services potentially moving to North Texas, Texas)
Bemidji, Minnesota (with services potentially moving to Fargo, North Dakota)
Brockton, Massachusetts (with services potentially moving to Providence, Rhode Island)
Burlington, Vermont (with services potentially moving to Hartford, Connecticut)
Casper, Wyoming (with services potentially moving to Billings, Montana)
Champaign, Illinois (with services potentially moving to South Suburban, Illinois, and Chicago South, Illinois)
Charleston, South Carolina (with services potentially moving to Columbia, South Carolina)
Corpus Christi, Texas (with services potentially moving to San Antonio, Texas)
Fresno, California (with services potentially moving to Sacramento, California)
Grand Junction, Colorado (with services potentially moving to Denver, Colorado)
Gulfport, Mississippi (with services potentially moving to Jackson, Mississippi)
Iron Mountain, Michigan (with services potentially moving to Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Johnstown, Pennsylvania (with services potentially moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Manchester, New Hampshire (with services potentially moving to Boston, Massachusetts)
McAllen, Texas (with services potentially moving to San Antonio, Texas)
Midland, Texas (with services potentially moving to Amarillo, Texas)
Missoula, Montana (with services potentially moving to Spokane, Washington)
North Platte, Nebraska (with services potentially moving to Denver, Colorado)
Peoria, Illinois (with services potentially moving to South Suburban, Illinois)
Quad Cities, Illinois (with services potentially moving to Des Moines, Iowa)
Raleigh, North Carolina (with services potentially moving to Greensboro, North Carolina)
Reno, Nevada (with services potentially moving to Sacramento, California)
Santa Barbara, California (with services potentially moving to Santa Clarita, California)
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (with services potentially moving to Omaha, Nebraska)
South Jersey, New Jersey (with services potentially moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Springfield, Illinois (with services potentially moving to St. Louis, Missouri)
Tulsa, Oklahoma (with services potentially moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Waterloo, Iowa (with services potentially moving to Des Moines, Iowa)
White River Junction, Vermont (with services potentially moving to Hartford, Connecticut)
Yakima, Washington (with services potentially moving to Seattle, Washington)
In the letter of notification to each facility, USPS notes that it is “highly likely” that the location will “modernized and repurposed as a local processing center, a sorting & delivery center, or both, consistent with the broader network redesign outlined in the [Delivering for America] Plan. Any such repurposing will result in a revitalized, modernized, and upgraded facility with improved employee amenities and a better working environment.”
The Postal Service also states that none of the reviews will result in a “facility closure or career employee layoffs.”
Each notification contains a link to a public input survey. The survey announces that “if the facility review supports the business case for change to the facility’s processing operations, USPS will hold a public meeting to allow members of the local community to provide additional feedback.”