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Work on the loading area of the Mount Vernon Post Office was paused Thursday. The project will expand the rear parking lot, used primarily for USPS delivery vehicles, and will have 11 to 12 additional parking places. A new retaining wall will replace the original placed in 1933. [request]
MOUNT VERNON — The Mount Vernon Post Office is expanding its parking capacity.
“Our post office is doing a necessary parking lot expansion,” said Kasey Doup, the postmaster for the Mount Vernon Post Office. “The expansion will reach all the way to the sidewalk outback. The main reason for doing this is to have more parking for our employees.”
Before the parking lot extension, there were only 21 parking spaces. After the extension, there will be 32 parking spaces. The additional parking spaces are for both the postal vehicles that the postal workers use daily and for their cars.
“The idea for the project had been in the works for 15 years and is only now coming into being,” said Doup. “Giant Design is the company that is the contractor for the parking lot expansion. The parking lot expansion is being funded by money directly from the Postal Service.”
The loading dock behind the post office is also being extended. It is being extended approximately 8 feet and is going to be at a different angle to make it easier for the truck drivers.
“More space means more mail is able to go through the dock,” said Doup.
The project should be completed in approximately 90 days.
