Members of the stateβs congressional delegation are citing deficiencies in mail service to southern Arizona as they ask that the U.S. Postal Service be required to carefully study any consolidation of its operations.
A joint letter by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally and seven of the stateβs U.S. House members asks congressional leaders to ensure that any postal legislation include provisions to require the Postal Service to collect updated data before consideration of additional consolidations.
Service in the Tucson area has suffered since the Postal Service earlier this decade partially consolidated its Tucson mail processing center, according to the letter.
The lawmakers say theyβre confident that a new data analysis would show that additional consolidation of processing facilities is not warranted.
