North Platte Post
North Platte, Neb. - Over 100 residents from North Platte and the surrounding area made a trip to the Sandhills Convention Center on Thursday to hear the initial report from the United States Post Service (USPS) about the North Platte Processing and Distribution Center (North Platte P&DC) and also have the chance to voice their comments/questions/concerns. No decision has been made on the facility operations and will not be made until after April 12th, when the last of written public comments are due.
One discussion point that was made clear during the presentation by Kathy Hand, Senior Division Director for USPS that the North Platte facility will "not be closing and no career employee layoffs."
From USPS, the North Platte P&DC will remain open and will be repositioned as a Local Processing Center (no decision has been made). USPS plans to invest $2 million to modernize the North Platte P&DC and to invest between $4 and $6 million in the North Platte Local Processing Center (North Platte LPC).
If the North Platte P&DC became a Local Processing Center, USPS states that the center will be modernized with standard designs in workflow and refined operations. A few examples the USPS provided during the meeting included: reposition machines to improve mail flow, remove obstructions from workroom floor.
The facility will maintain destinating operations and same day and next day services will be expanded. USPS presentation highlighted that outgoing mail and packages will move to the Denver P&DC.
Following the 20-minute presentation, the floor was open for comments/questions/concerns from residents. For about an hour and 20 minutes, around 30 Indvidual's went up and voiced their comments/questions/concerns. All comments made during the open public session will be on public record and will be reviewed by USPS officials.
The public can still create a written comment by clicking here. All written comments must be received by April 12, 2024.