USPS could slow service in certain areas as it seeks to cut costs
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is considering cost-cutting measures that could result in slower mail delivery for long-distance and rural services.
If the proposed changes are implemented, which wouldn't happen until after the November election, customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities would get faster delivery service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told The Washington Post. Those customers account for most of the mail and packages, he said.
However, an extra day could be added on top of the current delivery timetables for areas that are more rural, the Post reported.
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Having certain mail delivered roughly 12 hours later is a price that «had to be paid» for letting the agency become «neglected,» DeJoy said.
A United States Postal Service worker exits a Grumman Long Life Vehicle. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)
«You look around every other country, [delivery] is longer, it’s much more expensive. We’re trying to save the Postal Service — not figuratively, not to advocate for something. We’re trying to literally save the Postal Service,» DeJoy said in an interview with the Post.
FOX Business reached out to the USPS for comment.
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The changes would save the postal service about $30 billion over the next 10 years.
Parcels are sent through the new package sorting machine at a mail processing facility in Tampa, Florida. (Fox News / Fox News)
However, the USPS’ revenues haven’t covered its expenses and debt for more than 15 years, according to the Government Accountability Office
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