COLD SPRING, NY — Postal Service and Village officials are announcing progress in the plans to relocate the Cold Spring Post Office. The Post Office will be open in the current building through the holiday season. Postal employees will use a temporary trailer to maintain service for the community after the lease extension expires in January 2014. The trailer is handicapped accessible and will be temporarily located next to the existing Post Office at 51 Chestnut Street. Business hours will remain the same.
“Putting the temporary customer service trailer next to the existing Post Office is a reasonable means of maintaining service for the residents and businesses in Cold Spring,” says Mayor J. Ralph Falloon. “We look forward to providing meaningful community input into finding a permanent location for the new Cold Spring Post Office.”
The process for relocating a Post Office is designed to ensure transparency and maximize community input. By law - Title 39 CFR 241.4, the process includes: presentation of the plans by a postal official at a public meeting, advertising the solicitation for a new site, notices soliciting written public comment in the postal lobby, and announcements to the media.
“We are committed to finding a new location for the Cold Spring Post Office and affording the community ample opportunity to share their input,” emphasizes USPS Northeast Area Facilities Customer Relations Manager Jay Calista. “Our goal is to find a convenient location for our customers to do business and a great place for our employees to work.”
Throughout the process, mail delivery will be unaffected. The same letter carriers will be delivering to the same routes in Cold Spring at approximately the same time each day. However, the carriers will begin their work day at the Garrison Post Office, approximately five minutes from Cold Spring on Route 9D.
Public announcements, postings in the postal lobby, and additional information will be forthcoming in January 2014.###
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