New post office location set for on time delivery

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU)- The countdown is on and the clock is ticking for the U.S. Postal Service. Will the doors of a new location in Eau Claire be open before the holiday mailing rush?

After closing its old downtown Eau Claire location at the end of September, crews are working to put the final touches on a new post office on East Madison Street.

There are a lot of things that we have to do as far as security and things like that that you wouldn't think of with a normal retail location, U.S. Postal Service spokesperson Pete Nowacki said.

Nowacki says crews have set up countertops and are beginning to set up P.O. Boxes at the new location. Work is on schedule for an opening date of December 1st.

It has been our goal all along to have this new facility up and running by December 1st so we can help people meet their holiday needs, Nowacki said.

While the location nears completion, satellite post office locations like the one inside of Festival Foods continue to see a big increase in customers sending mail from their location.

Sometimes we have lines back to the health and beauty aids section, Festival Foods assistant store director Teresa Henrickson said.

Since the downtown post office on Barstow Street closed its doors at the end of September, Henrickson says they have adjusted the staffing and the hours of their satellite location to keep up with customer demand.

We have been tracking our increase in business and it's been up 30% since they have closed and we have added extra staff, Henrickson said.

As work continues on the new location, there are several spots around town you can take your mail to. A temporary post office, that currently houses P.O. boxes has been set up at the USPS processing facility on Hogarth Street.

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