Changes to operations at the United States Postal Service facility in Hampden have been delayed for another year following pushback from Sen. Susan Collins.
The postal service announced a plan to move some mail processing operations from Hampden to southern Maine on April 10, despite objections from workers and state political leaders.
The plan would convert the Hampden facility into a local processing center, with outgoing mail processing operations moving to the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough.
On Tuesday, U.S. Postmaster Louis Dejoy released a decision to delay the facility changes until Jan. 1, 2025, while agreeing to delay changes at other facilities across the nation throughout the rest of the year.
“This USPS pause is welcome news for the people of Maine,” Collins said Tuesday afternoon.
“As I have said repeatedly, any consolidation of Maine’s two USPS processing facilities located in Hampden and Scarborough would jeopardize the reliable delivery of mail, including medication for Mainers who rely on mail order pharmacies and deliveries from federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs for their prescriptions.”
