The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will halt Saturday mail delivery starting in August.
According to Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe, the Saturday mail cutback is expected to begin the week of Aug. 5 and to save about $2 billion annually. “Our financial condition is urgent,” Donahoe said at a press conference Wednesday. Post offices will remain open on Saturdays, but paper mail will not be delivered to homes and businesses, according to Karen Mazurkiewicz, spokesperson for the USPS Western New York District. Patrons with post office boxes will still get service on Saturdays, she said. “We can still deliver mail in five days and have the savings of not having to go to each household six days a week,” she said. Package delivery, which has been profitable and has increased by 14 percent since 2010, will continue six days a week, agency representatives said. The delivery of letters and other mail, they said, has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet services.
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will halt Saturday mail delivery starting in August.
According to Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe, the Saturday mail cutback is expected to begin the week of Aug. 5 and to save about $2 billion annually. “Our financial condition is urgent,” Donahoe said at a press conference Wednesday. Post offices will remain open on Saturdays, but paper mail will not be delivered to homes and businesses, according to Karen Mazurkiewicz, spokesperson for the USPS Western New York District. Patrons with post office boxes will still get service on Saturdays, she said. “We can still deliver mail in five days and have the savings of not having to go to each household six days a week,” she said. Package delivery, which has been profitable and has increased by 14 percent since 2010, will continue six days a week, agency representatives said. The delivery of letters and other mail, they said, has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet services.
