Manasota Postal Plant To Send Mail To Fort Myers
Postal Service study says that it would save $9.5 million annually by sending Manatee and Sarasota counties' mail to Fort Myers.
If you're mailing that rent check or bill to Bradenton or around Sarasota, it might not be there the next day now that the Manasota Processing & Distribution Center operations will be relocated to Fort Myers. The U.S. Postal Service released a final study Jan. 11, announcing the Processing Center's closure. It will send all mail in Manatee and Sarasota counties and some of its employees to its Fort Myers center about 90 miles south saying the Postal Service will save $8.9 million in the first year and will save $9.5 million annually. The consolidation of the distribution center, 850 Tallevast Road, is expected to take place this year. The reason the Postal Service gives is that there is a "significant decline" in mail originating from …
