The Postal Service will be closing another 82 processing centers throughout the country.

Living up to its name of snail mail, delivery times are expected to increase.

Even though Kansas City is home to a Postal Service plant, it too will see a rise in delivery times.

According to Chris Bentley, president of National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 297 in Kansas City, “Slowing down the mail is the last thing to do to help the Postal Service. It’s like a business that isn’t making the profits it used to, but instead of providing better service it starts cutting services and hours. You’re not going to attract business that way.”

The recent announcement of more post office closures has angered not only workers, but even the public. Three of Kansas City’s post offices located in the old Northeast area are now only open for a couple hours a day.

The closure of the 82 centers is estimated to save The Postal Service over $1.6 billion a year.

The Postal Service has also been proposing to Congress that they end Saturday deliveries, but so far, Congress disagrees.

With increasing closures and limited office hours, residents may soon not be able to go to the post office, or they will have to take off of work in order to get there in time.

Your local movers want to remind you to research where there is a Kansas City post office near your new neighborhood and what times they are open so you do not drive to a closed location once you move.