IRON MOUNTAIN — The U.S. Postal Service issued a statement Wednesday on its plans for the Iron Mountain Processing and Distribution Center in Kingsford, just days before a public meeting on results from its facility review.

The statement contained few new details, as much of what was laid out about the proposed plans had already been revealed.

The Kingsford facility would be converted to a local processing center, with an investment of $3 million to $5 million in the site, Elizabeth Najduch, USPS strategic communications specialist for Michigan 1 and Michigan 2 Districts, wrote in a statement submitted to The Daily News as an op-ed. The full text is on page 4-A.

“These investments include $1.25 million for a brand-new sorting machine that will help improve delivery services and $2.5 million for modernization efforts and deferred maintenance,” Najduch wrote.

She states these “modernization efforts will have no effect on services” in Kingsford.

“Our initial review found that converting the Kingsford facility into an LPC would allow mail and packages to move more seamlessly through our network, thereby enhancing services to residents and businesses,” Najduch wrote. “Under this plan, local mail would not be affected. The vast majority of local mail travels out of state, and local-to-local mail will stay within the current two-to-three-day delivery standard. It is also important to note that business mail entry, post office, station and branch retail services are not expected to change, and delivery services will be unaffected because of this review.”

She stressed the center will not be closed and no career employees laid off under the plan. The Kingsford review is part of a $40 billion nationwide investment strategy — the Delivering for America plan — to “upgrade and enhance” its postal processing, distribution and transportation network.

The USPS review has drawn criticism from citizens and state and federal lawmakers because becoming a LPC would shift some mail operations to Green Bay, Wis. The Kingsford processing facility is the only one in the U.P. and lawmakers say it’s central to the timely processing and delivery of mail.

Michelle Yuhasey, president of American Postal Workers Union Local 1189, noted changes already have had an effect on local services, as the center no longer is able to provide next-day delivery within the Upper Peninsula, as had been available until Jan. 8.

The USPS statement Wednesday does not address whether next-day delivery will be restored if the Kingsford facility converts to a local processing center.

Yuhasey also called the proposed upgrades and enhancements “trying to hang the carrot our there” to distract from the service reductions.

Sen. Gary Peters, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, raised the potential negative effects of the proposed Kingsford moves in a letter earlier this month to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.

“The nature of USPS’s network changes has now raised significant concerns including the potential for degraded rural service due to fewer facilities, delayed delivery election mail that would be processed at out-of-state facilities, and critical health information such as laboratory tests not being processed same-day due to decreased transportation trips,” Peters said.

Monday’s meeting on the USPS review will start at 6 p.m. at Pine Mountain Ski and Golf Resort, N3332 Pine Mountain Road in Iron Mountain.

Those unable to attend the meeting may also submit written comments at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mpfr-iron-mountain-mi through April 16.