USPS suspends services in these "until further notice" places
The agency adds to its list of current post office closings.
The American postal service (USPS) has just passed its busiest period of the year. If you experienced delivery delays And other mail setbacks during the eventful holiday season, you probably expect at least the service that it becomes more manageable in the coming weeks. But although this may be the case for most customers, others will face new problems. The USPS suspends services in certain parts of the United States, without calendar for a return. Read more to find out where the agency has just stopped operations "until further notice".
Read this then: USPS gets rid of this service, from January .
The USPS regularly updates consumers on service suspensions.
There are few more frustrating things than getting to your local post office during regular office hours just to find that it is closed, or not have your mail delivered without explaining why. This is why USP Creation of its service alert tool In 2013 - to provide online alerts on current service disturbances. "Residential customers and small businesses can discover If the mail is delivered or if their post offices are open, "the postal service explains on its website. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Krista Finzzo , the current vice-president of retail and delivery operations for the USPS, said in 2013 that the service alerts website was born from customer comments after disturbances of the service due to natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy.
"We wanted more efficient communication with our customers during service interruptions," she said. "From now on, residential consumers and business shipments have an easy online location to learn the operating condition of job and messaging processing facilities."
Now, new updates alerts consumers of more suspensions of postal services.
The agency suspends services in new areas.
In the last update of its service alert website, the USPS has drawn attention to New operational problems . According to an alert published on December 28, retail window services are now "temporarily suspended" at the Kingsport's main post office in Tennessee. However, "Po Box Services will remain there," added the USPS in its update.
For retail services, the agency has indicated two alternative locations that customers can go during the suspension: the center of the city center of Kingsport and the colonial heights branch. These two installations are also located in Kingsport, Tennessee.
But it is not the only recent USPS suspension. On December 28, the communications team for the Chicago main post office, Illinois, confirmed at the local WGN-TV news station that "retail operations are temporarily suspended "In the installation of West Harrison Street. The agency has asked customers to find another USPS site for services at the moment.
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There is currently no calendar for the moment when these post offices will reopen.
The post offices in Kingsport and Chicago were both closed for similar problems - and there is no revelation when they will reopen accordingly.
A Separate local press release USPS revealed that Kingsport's suspension was due to a "main water rupture". This installation will remain closed "until further notice", according to the postal service. "We appreciate the cooperation of our customers while we carry out the necessary repairs," added the agency.
The Chicago Post Office has also been temporarily closed "due to a main water break," USPS officials in WGN-TV said. According to the media, the hand of the water broke out on the first floor at the beginning of the week, causing floods, ice and damage in the installation.
"The postal service assesses water damage," said the office communication team. WGN-TV reported that there is no word at the moment when the agency provides that the installation of Chicago will reopen its retail operations.
The postal service also has other closed installations also.
The most recent post closures have an impact on residents of Kingsport and Chicago, but they are hardly the only customers of the USPS confronted with this problem. There are still several installations which were previously closed by postal service on a temporary basis which do not yet seem to have reopened.
In October, the agency Temporarily closed both Pemberton's post office in Ohio and Stanley's post office in New York "due to security problems".
The installation of Pemberton and that of Stanley will also remain closed "until further notice", according to the USPS. The Stanley Post Office needs its repaired roof, but a "period of completion of repairs to Stanley A still to be determined "Said the agency in a press release.
Meanwhile, a USPS spokesperson told Dayton Radio Station Whio that fire damage At the Pemberton post office, forces them to move the mail services, but gave no calendar for the time when operations are restarting in Pemberton.
And on November 19, the agency too Suspended all operations At the Wisner in Louisiana post office "due to security problems." The postal service did not reveal what the exact concerns are, but noted that the repairs should be carried out in the building. According to the agency, the The suspension will remain In place "until new order" and "until repairs can be carried out at postal installation".