USPS Considering Slowing Down Mail Delivery to Save Money

The U.S. Postal Service announced that it is considering slowing down service to some people in order to save money and improve service to others.

According to The Washington Post, top USPS officials said the plan would be to allow slower mail delivery to those who live more than 50 miles from a large processing facility.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told The Washington Post that the change would give customers within 50 miles of the facilities faster delivery service.

“You look around every other country, [delivery] is longer, it’s much more expensive. We’re trying to save the Postal Service — not figuratively, not to advocate for something. We’re trying to literally save the Postal Service,” said DeJoy to The Washington Post.

According to The Washington Post, the USPS is on pace to lose more than $7 billion in the 2024 fiscal year. It lost $6.5 billion the previous year.

USPS can’t make the changes to slow down service to those outside 50 miles of large processing facilities until it gets permission from its governing board, and if it does, the slowdown won’t happen before the election.