AKRON, Ohio (WJW)– The city of Akron is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to revive sorting operations in the city amid continued delivery delays.

Mayor Dan Horrigan said he’s formally asking U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to begin planning to reopen a fully operational processing center at the USPS postal facility in Akron in 2021.

The Postal Service ended sorting operations in Akron and slashed hundreds of jobs amid cutbacks in 2015. The Akron postal facility remains a transfer station where mail sorted in Cleveland is sent to local branches.

It comes as mail delivery of everything from medications to bills is running weeks behind schedule in Northeast Ohio. A Postal Service spokesperson has said the delays are because unprecedented demand and staffing shortages amid COVID-19. More at