According to Utica (NY) Observer Dispatch: The U.S. Postal Service has decided not to transfer any local mail-processing functions to Syracuse, said Larry Johnson, plant manager at the processing and distribution center on Pitcher Street.

“Right now, there’s no changes planned whatsoever,” Johnson said. “This is a real good day.”

Postal officials had spent recent months looking at opportunities to consolidate processing operations across the country. Late last year, the postal service began studying Utica’s operations, looking to see whether it would be cheaper or improve service to have local mail processed in Syracuse.

The study determined switching the processing would result in no significant benefits, Johnson said.

Related Link:

USPS November 2005 Notice to APWU on Area Mail Processing (AMP) Feasibility Surveys.