Politics & Government

Marietta Mail-Processing Facility May Close

Thirteen Georgia mail-processing facilities are among the 250 centers nationwide being studied for possible closure as the Postal Service looks for ways to save money.

Faced with a nationwide infrastructure that is no longer financially sustainable, the U.S. Postal Service proposed changes designed to save the organization up to $3 billion a year, including the possible closure of the Marietta mail-processing facility.

The Postal Service issued a list of nearly 250 mail-processing centers it is reviewing for possible consolidation or closure, according to a press release. The list includes 13 Georgia facilities.

The Marietta facility handles processing for Marietta and Smyrna. Its closure would mean 25 jobs lost and work shifted to Duluth, Postal Service spokesman Michael Miles said. The processing done at Marietta was done in Duluth until around 2000.

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The decision on whether to close the Marietta facility will be made March of next year.

Other cost saving proposals by the Postal Service include reducing mail processing equipment by as much as 50 percent, dramatically decreasing the nationwide transportation network, adjusting the workforce size by as many as 35,000 positions and revising service standards for first-class mail.

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Mail volume has declined by more than 43 billion pieces in the past five years and is continuing to decline, according to the press release. First-class mail has dropped 25 percent and single piece first-class mail, letters bearing postage stamps, has declined 36 percent.


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