The United States Postal Service received upgrades at its downtown Tulsa location as part of the agency’s “Delivering for America” plan.
The USPS spent $54 million to upgrade facilities in the Tulsa area. The goal is to enhance the postal service’s processing time, transportation, and delivery.
The snail mail might be picking up some speed. Renovations and new equipment inside the USPS facility are expected to make the mail sorting and delivery process smoother, and Tulsa is the first city in the state to get the upgrades.
“Instead of waiting, or carriers starting earlier or later, now the productivity has increased because employees are able to work the mail faster, get it to the carriers, the carriers are able to get it to the street to the customers quicker,” said Tulsa Sorting and Delivery Center station manager, Eugene English.
A new machine, the small delivery unit sorter, will be able to process 3,200 pieces of mail every 45 minutes, expediting delivery and cutting down labor hours.
