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DENVER (CBS4) – Sixty-three out of 390 Colorado post offices are on a list to be closed. The U.S. Postal Service lost $8 billion last year and is now considering closing 10 percent of its offices, branches and stations.
The post offices would be replaced by a smaller grocery store kiosk.
Declining revenue has post offices around the country in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. slated for closure.
“Many of our postal offices do not generate much revenue, have very little foot traffic, and do not have very much workload,” Dean Granholm with the U.S. Postal Service said.
Of the nearly 3,700 offices on the list, most have little foot traffic and average less than $50 per day, due in part to online bill pay and email.
“These locations themselves are not in convenient locations. They have limited parking or access and are not on major roads or cross streets,” Granholm said.
That’s not what you’ll hear from the customers who use them.
“It will just be another inconvenience,” a postal customer said.
LINK: Colorado Post Offices On The List
“I’ve been to this post office now 15 years — very convenient — two blocks away,” former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick said. “America’s going through a metamorphosis and I just hope the post office doesn’t’ fall by the sword.”
The postal service’s effort to stem steep revenue losses will result in the loss of thousands of jobs. To fill the service gap, about 2,500 “village post offices” may be created at grocery and convenience stores.
The closings are set to begin in the next four to six months.
The postal service is also considering scaling back deliveries from six to five days a week.
