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GGD-92-22R 1 (1992-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackcl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-248842 July 31, 1992 The Honorable Frank McCloskey Chairman, Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives 147227 Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your request made on behalf of Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II that we investigate concerns about the selection of a site in Waltham, Massachusetts, for a postal construction project'. Representative Kennedy's interest arose from objections by the city of Waltham to the site selected by the United States Postal Service (USPS) for a new mail processing center. Waltham city officials were concerned that the proposed site was not the most suitable, lowest cost site of the alternatives considered. Specific concerns included the cost of acquiring the site and related construction costs, the need for roadway improvements to accommodate large truck operations, and the lack of public transportation to the proposed facility. BACKGROUND To improve mail processing and delivery in the Boston area, USPS developed a Boston Metro Plan in 1988 that provided for the transfer of mail processing functions from the general mail facility in Boston to the surrounding cities of Brockton, Worcester, and Waltham. New mail processing centers in Brockton and Worcester became operational in 1991. As part of the process of locating the Northwest Center in the city of Waltham, USPS identified three contending sites --Smith Street, Nelson, and GTE. USPS bought the selected site (Smith Street) as two parcels totaling about 36 acres on December 20, 1990, for $38 million. Three interconnected commercial buildings were on the larger parcel (about 24 acres). Plans approved by the USPS Board of Governors provided for demolition of one building, renovation of the GAO/GGD-92-22R, USPS Site Acquisition Lq 7.1 )L

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