Dallas — In a move to become more efficient and reduce expenses, the Dallas Kleberg Postal Station will close April 8, 2011. The following day, April 9, the Seagoville Post Office will open for business in the same facility. Dallas District Manager Victor Benavides says this is a business decision that will allow the Postal Service to continue to serve both communities, and remain solvent.

“These are tough, financial times for the Postal Service,” says Benavides. “Every day, the Postal Service loses $23 million dollars, and we have a fiscal responsibility to reduce expenses and provide universal service to all of our customers.”

Last year the Postal Service lost $8.5 billion dollars, and experienced a significant decline in mail volume – more than 26 billion pieces nationwide. In Quarter 1 of this fiscal year, which ended December 31, the Postal Service registered a $329 million dollar loss. Regardless, the 235-year old organization continues to process and deliver mail, six-days a week.

“Our mission is simple,” says Benavides. “We will deliver every piece of mail, to the best of our ability, at the most affordable cost to our customers, and the organization.”

He says the Postal Service has not received a federal appropriation from Congress since 1981, and is solely supported by the sale of its delivery services and products.

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