Here it comes–major changes to the U.S. Postal Service–and as early as next March. Efforts are underway to get rid of first-class mail that will end up slowing its delivery for the first time in 40 years and scrapping next day mail arrivals.
According to Huffington Post:
The cuts, now being finalized, would close roughly 250 of the nearly 500 mail processing centers across the country as early as next March. Because the consolidations typically would lengthen the distance mail travels from post office to processing center, the agency also would lower delivery standards for first-class mail that have been in place since 1971.
Currently, first-class mail is supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses within the continental U.S. in one day to three days. That will lengthen to two days to three days, meaning mailers no longer could expect next-day delivery in surrounding communities. Periodicals could take between two days and nine days.
