Oklahoma

"Postal Service floats idea of driving Western Slope mail to Denver and back before delivery

The plan for improving mail handling in Grand Junction, as laid out by Felipe Flores, the senior director of processing operations for the Postal Service’s western division, was heavy on jargon and acronyms. It left some in the crowd of around 175 people shaking their heads and looking puzzled about what the plan would actually entail.

What did come through was a highly unpopular and derided proposal to truck local mail from Grand Junction to Denver and back over the weather, wildfire, accident and rockslide challenged Interstate 70. Flores said the mail could still be delivered in two days in spite of that detour to Denver.

For the citizens and the postal workers in the audience, that didn’t add up. Commenters, from county clerks and mayors to mail carriers and retirees on government subsidy checks, stated that plan would bring major delays in mail service.

“I see, in the best case, a six-day delay period,” said retired postal worker Dale Ellison of Palisade. “I see in the big picture where modernization is important. But if anyone can address why the mail won’t be delayed, I would like to hear that.”

https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/23/mail-delivery-colorado-western-slope/