Re: 319 A Street Rear
USPS talks about moving and/or selling, but even if a move or sale was imminent, USPS moves like honey flowing down a plank in January.
That said, I've heard that MassDOT has begun scheduling public meetings to talk about South Station expansion. That's good news.
Sicil -- the USPS is supposed to release sometime soon some sort of details an hold publlc meetings about proposed surplus processing and other facilities
My guess is that to preserve the union jobs in Boston for Menio and the a couple of the Congressmen that while South Station Annex will be surplused to expand South Station -- the USPS will find some way to keep some sort of processing facility in Boston and in exchange they will close the almost new one in Waltham and the one in Reading, Brockton and / or Shrewsbury
from Worcester Telegram
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120106/NEWS/101069751/0/news04
"Mr. Lynch said the USPS lost $11 billion last year. He said that even if the agency gets some relief through Congress from the controversial annual $5.5 billion pre-funded health care benefits for future retirees, the agency will continue to lose money if drastic changes aren’t made.
Because of mobile and web-based communications, postal mail has decreased from 213 billion pieces of first-class mail in 2002 to 78 billion pieces in 2010. The number is projected to drop to 39 billion by 2020. Processing and distribution centers have decreased from 673 in 2006 to 487. The Shrewsbury facility is among 252 nationwide that are being considered for consolidation. Mr. Lynch said if the studies are successful, there will be 35,000 fewer positions in the remaining mail processing and distribution centers. All relocations or closures are in abeyance until May. "
From the Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...cilities_in_shrewsbury_and_waltham_may_close/
By Emily Sweeney
Globe Staff / January 5, 2012
The US Postal Service is hosting two public meetings to discuss the possibility of closing mail-processing plants in Shrewsbury and Waltham.
The session on the future of the Shrewsbury mail facility will be held today at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on Route 20 in Marlborough, while the discussion on the Waltham plant is slated for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Waltham High School, 617 Lexington St.
Postal officials are considering moving the operations to Boston and North Reading in an effort to cut costs. According to the preliminary results of a Postal Service feasibility study, as much as $27 million could be saved by consolidating the suburban locations.