WMUK: U.S. Senator Gary Peters Wants to Stop Post Office Closures

In April, the U.S. Postal Service was forced to shut down Kalamazoo’s mail processing facility to cut costs. But a new bill from U.S. Senator Gary Peters could reverse that and other closings across the country. The Senator’s plan would put a two-year moratorium on post office closures. 

Peters says the moratorium can give Congress a chance to put together a comprehensive plan for the future of the Postal Service, without causing postal delays today.

“Let’s make sure we’re doing things efficiently and wisely," Peters says. "And that also means we need to look at the Postal Service to look at other ways that they can generate revenue. Issuing license for hunting and fishing, for example. Other types of revenue opportunities for them.”

The Postal Service is set to close 82 facilities in 2015 in order to cut costs. Peters says the closures are already causing headaches across rural Michigan. And not just in Kalamazoo.