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Utah mayor and lawmaker urge transfer of 20 acres to USPS for new Saratoga Springs post office
Summary
Representative Owens and Mayor Chris K told the subcommittee that HR4716 would transfer about 20 acres of BLM land to the U.S. Postal Service and require construction of a post office within two years to address service gaps affecting more than 200,000 residents in northwest Utah County.
Representative Burgess Owens and Saratoga Springs Mayor Chris K told the House Natural Resources Subcommittee the region’s fast growth has overwhelmed existing postal infrastructure and that HR4716 would create a path to a new post office.
Representative Owens described HR4716 as a land-transfer bill that would move roughly 20 acres of Bureau of Land Management property to the U.S. Postal Service to allow construction of a post office in Saratoga Springs. "Our constituents living in these cities deserve better access to mail and…
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