WASHINGTON—on Monday, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE03), and U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) issued the following statements after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that local mail processing operations will remain at the North Platte Mail Processing and Distribution Center. In addition to mail operations remaining in North Platte, Nebraska, the USPS also announced its plans to invest up to $4.4 million in modernization efforts at the North Platte facility.
“This is wonderful news for North Platte.We spoke out against the troubling plan to move mail operations to Denver, and thankfully, our concerns were heard. Mail processing operations are essential to the North Platte area, and I am glad they will continue benefitting this community and Nebraska as a whole,” said Senator Fischer.
“I am glad to see the Postal Service no longer plans to send local mail from the North Platte facility to Denver. Improvements to postal operations are needed to better serve Nebraskans. Any efforts toward modernization must not come at the expense of customer service but rather increase effectiveness.
