USPS Proposes Improvements to Mail Operations at Bellmawr Processing Facility; Public Meeting To Be Held March 6

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As part of a $40 billion investment strategy to upgrade and improve the Postal processing, transportation, and delivery networks, the U.S. Postal Service is conducting an evaluation of current operations and potential future uses of its South Jersey Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) facility in Bellmawr. 

The USPS ten-year Delivering for America (DFA) plan includes initiatives to improve organizational and operational processes and actively make the Postal Service an efficient, high-performing, world-class logistics and delivery provider.

Improvements to Postal operations will enhance the level of service provided to the public; drive innovation and enable a broader array of postal products and services; enhance organizational competitiveness; improve efficiency and lower the cost to operate; and provide better workplaces and careers for Postal Service employees.

This specific facility review will inform the best allocation of resources and strategies to improve customer service and to achieve significant cost savings through operational precision and efficiency. Business mail entry, Post Office, station, and branch retail services are not expected to change, and delivery services will be unaffected throughout this review. The evaluation is a first step in the Postal Service review and investment process in this facility and will not result in this facility’s closure or career employee layoffs.

The initial results of the facility review support the business case for keeping the South Jersey facility open and modernizing the facility as a Local Processing Center (LPC). The South Jersey LPC will be a critical node to the unified movement of mail and packages across the regional processing and transportation ecosystem.

The facility will offer expanded and streamlined package processing capabilities in the local market and new workplace amenities for USPS employees – part of the Postal Service’s $40 billion investment in the nation’s aging postal network.

Additionally, the business case supports transferring some mail processing operations to the Philadelphia P&DC in Philadelphia, PA. This would mean a significant percentage of the mail collected locally will travel across the wider USPS transportation and processing network over significant distances to reach their final destinations in a more efficient manner.

Mail and packages destined for outside the local area may receive better service and be more cost-effectively distributed by aggregating it with mail and packages from other areas going to the same places that will likewise utilize the wider postal network and be transported significant distances from where the mail originated.

Public Meeting

A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 1 p.m. at the Cherry Hill Public Library, 1100 Kings Hwy N, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034. USPS will share the initial results of the study and allow members of the community to provide additional oral feedback and perspectives on the Initial Findings of the MPFR. 

A summary of the MPFR will be posted on about.usps.com at least one week prior to public input meeting.

Comments Welcome

Members of the local community may submit written comments at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mpfr-south-jersey-nj. through March 21, 2024.

The public’s input will be considered prior to a final decision.   

The Postal Service will work closely with its unions and management associations throughout the facility review and will continually monitor the impact of any changes that are implemented and will adjust plans as necessary and appropriate.