Friday the last day for mailed comments about Postal Service plan

Friday is the final day people may send written comments sharing their opinions with the U.S. Postal Service about the proposed closing of the Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility in Cape Girardeau.

Comments must be postmarked by Friday and mailed to Manager, Consumer and Industry Contact, Mid-America District, 300 W. Pershing Road, Suite 207, Kansas City, MO 64108-9631.

According to the Postal Service's Area Mail Processing feasibility study, consolidating the Cape Girardeau center's operations with the St. Louis distribution center would save the agency $3.8 million annually and eliminate 71 jobs.

Cape Girardeau's processing center is one of 252 potential closures across the nation that would coincide with the postal service's lengthening the delivery standard for first-class mail. Currently, first-class letters mailed within the local area are delivered in one to three days, but the Postal Service is seeking to change that delivery standard to two to three days.

Pertinent address:

475 Kell Farm Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO