No lay-offs or re-routing mail amid concern from South Dakota lawmakers [Video]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – As part of its “Delivering for America” plan, the United States Postal Service is reviewing every processing and distribution center in the country. Now, South Dakota lawmakers are calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to avoid downsizing and re-organizing mail processing operations in the Mount Rushmore State.

According to United States Postal Service Strategic Communications Manager Mark Inglett, the Sioux Falls Processing and Distribution Center has been selected as part of a $40 billion investment strategy to improve the overall process of mail delivery nationwide.

Last Friday, Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds along with Representative Dusty Johnson sent a letter expressing concern over the potential downsizing and re-organization of distribution centers which Johnson said has caused issues in the past.

“But the last time the Postal Service moved a bunch of processing out of South Dakota mail delivery times went in the wrong direction. …