Owens Presents Saratoga Springs Post Office Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Burgess Owens (UT-04) presented the Saratoga Springs Post Office Act (H.R. 4716) before the Committee on Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee.

Saratoga Springs Mayor Chris Carn was a witness at the hearing, and he was joined by  Lehi Mayor Paul Binns and Eagle Mountain Mayor Jared Gray, who also attended the hearing.

The northern part of Utah County is one of the fastest-growing areas in the state and in the country. 

“My office has engaged with the United States Postal Service for the last five years in an effort to get a post office opened in the Saratoga Springs area,” Representative Owens said. “Unfortunately, our efforts to encourage USPS to construct a new Post Office in the Saratoga Springs area have not led to any meaningful results, and updates have been inconsistent and unreliable. That is why I have introduced the Saratoga Springs Post Office Act.

“My constituents living in these cities deserve better access to mail and mail services than one small post office serving over a quarter of a million residents.”

The Saratoga Springs Post Office Act seeks to transfer 20 acres of unused and orphaned land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management to the USPS and would require a new post office to be built on that land within two years.

Find Representative Owens opening statement to the subcommittee here.

Find Representative Owens questions to Mayor Carn here. 

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