A continual decline in First Class mail volume and the consequential revenue loss largely influenced the operational decision, says a December 2011 press release from the government mailing agency.īetween 20 revenue generated by First Class mail declined nearly 6 percent, from $34.2 billion in 2010 to $32.2 billion last year, the Postal Service says. The extended delivery times for locally addressed First Class mail comes as a result of ongoing financial challenges the Postal Service has experienced over the last several years. If you are mailing something to Walla Walla or Richland, it could be two days instead of one."įirst Class mail that currently takes between two and three days before reaching its destination won't be affected, she says. "The worst-case scenario is if they are mailing outside of a local area. "If people are mailing locally within Spokane, it may be completely transparent," she says. However, Fairlee also says if customers drop off their First Class mail during regular business hours those letters still could reach their destination the next day.
Those planned changes could mean that First Class letters mailed and delivered within the greater Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area could take two days to reach a destination rather than the current next-day delivery, says Spokane Postmaster Karen Fairlee.
Postal Service plans to put into effect this May that could lengthen the delivery window for First Class mail likely won't have much of an impact on business customers here who are sending out large quantities of mail in that classification, local and regional Postal Service representatives say.
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