Future homes may not have individual mailboxes

Posted on July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 by 21cpw

In the near future, new homes may not get their own mailboxes. Instead, the U.S. Postal Service is moving toward “cluster mailboxes,” similar to those seen in apartment complexes, for residential mail service. On Tuesday, the Coweta County Board of Commissioners approved changes to the county’s zoning ordinance to regulate the cluster mailboxes. The changes…

CBO: Postal Reform Would Save USPS $23.6 Billion

Posted on June 24, 2014June 26, 2014 by 21cpw

$19 billion of those savings would result from moves to five-day delivery and cluster boxes, says the Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a financial analysis of the House Postal Reform Act (H.R. 2748) that estimates that, if passed, it would return $23.6 billion in savings to the troubled U.S. Postal…