Postal Service to hold public meeting

on Erie, PA mail processing study

Meeting to be held at Erie Blasco Library, 6 p.m., December 14

November 29, 2011 



What:

Postal Service managers will give an overview and listen to community input regarding a proposal to move mail processing operations from the Erie Processing and Distribution Facility (P&DF) into the Pittsburgh PA Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) or Rochester NY (P&DC).

Who:

Western PA District Manager Charles P. McCreadie and Western PA District operations staff.

When:

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (The two-hour meeting will end promptly at 8 p.m.)

Where:

Erie Blasco Library, Hirt Auditorium
160 East Front Street
Erie, PA 16507

Details:

The study results support consolidating the remaining mail processing operations that are currently being performed at the Erie P&DF by taking advantage of available processing capacity at the Pittsburgh P&DC and/or Rochester P&DC in order to increase efficiency and improve productivity. While no final decision has been reached, Postal Service managers will give an overview of the rationale behind the proposal and its possible outcomes, as well as, listen to community input and concerns. A summary of the proposal, a meeting agenda and presentation materials will be made available on usps.com.

Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to: Manager, Consumer & Industry Contact, Western PA District, 1001 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15290-1007. Public comments will be accepted up to, and must be postmarked by, December 29. Additional local and national information may be found on our Website: http://about.usps.com/streamlining-operations/area-mail-processing.htm.

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