Senators Urge Postmaster To Rethink Plan [AUDIO]

Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester are hammering home the importance of the U.S. Postal Service’s mail processing centers for Montanans who depend upon the reliable delivery of necessary goods and services. Both Senators have written letters to Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe today, urging him to take the plan off the table. The Postal Service recently proposed closing Missoula’s and Kalispell’s mail processing centers after already closing four Montana centers earlier this year. Mail processing centers sort time-sensitive mail and are critical to delivery time, meaning further closures would delay mail delivery across western Montana.

Senator Tester says a closure will delay mail delivery in Montana.

Under the Postal Service’s proposal, mail being mailed from or sent to western Montana would first be sent to Spokane for sorting, likely increasing delivery time by at least a day, and longer in bad weather.