No closure for Knox mail distribution facility
There will be no closing of a Knoxville mail facility, the U.S. Postal Service says.
The agency says that its recent mail-processing facility review “will not result in the closure of the studied facilities or in any career employee layoffs,” according to a letter from the USPS to federal legislators.
The Anderson County Commission recently voted to ask county Mayor Terry Frank to reach out to federal lawmakers about the county’s concerns surrounding earlier reported changes at the Weisgarber mail distribution facility in West Knoxville.
Last week, the office of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann responded to Frank’s letter, which was sent on behalf of the County Commission.
The congressman’s office indicated that officials there also had concerns about the review, and had been in contact with the Postal Service.
The response from Fleischmann’s office included an electronic copy of a letter from the USPS to Fleisehmann, as well as to U.S. Reps. Tim Burchett and Diana Harshbarger.