USPS services are suspended in these places, now effective
The agency simply alerted customers with a new disturbance in the midst of other continuous problems.
The American postal service (USPS) is one of the largest sources of connections for people across the country, because its wide range covers more than 163 million addresses and more than 31,000 post offices. But the agency is not always able to reach everyone regularly. In certain circumstances, the USPS may need to adjust its operations by stopping delivery services for certain addresses and closing the post offices in the affected areas. In fact, the postal service has just issued another new suspension in addition to the existing problems. Read the rest to discover all the places where USPS services are suspended now.
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The USPS keeps consumers up to date on service disturbances.
The postal service generally provides mail and opens post offices at least five days a week. Millions of Americans rely on a regular service, so the USPS makes sure to let consumers know when things change. In this spirit, the agency has created its service alert tool specifically to provide online alerts on current service disturbances.
"Residential customers and small businesses may know if the mail is delivered or if their post offices are open", the postal service Explain on his website .
In 2013, Krista Finzzo , the current vice-president of retail and delivery operations for the USPS, said the service alerts website was Born out of comments Customers according to service disturbances due to natural disasters such as 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."
And given the regular closures that customers face, the service is more essential than ever.
The agency has just suspended services in a Texas post office.
USP makes a new update to its service alert tool on January 19 to warn customers in Texas for a new disturbance. According to the alert, the agency closed its post office in Bullard, Texas. "All operations are temporarily suspended," said postal service.
During this closure, customers should go to the Jacksonville post office, Texas, for all their postal needs, including P.O. Box service. Bullard's post office and Jacksonville's post office are around 14 miles from each other.
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The installation of Texas was closed "in an abundance of prudence".
In a Separate local press release Emitted on January 19, the USPS declared that the suspension of the Bullard post office had entered immediately and would remain in place until further notice. "In an abundance of caution, and to ensure the safety of postal customers and employees, the postal service temporarily suspended retail operations at the establishment," added the agency.
The closure was invited by an accident At the post office, according to KLTV local ABC-Affiliate. The media reported that Bullard police were called to the post office on January 19 after a vehicle crashed into the building.
"A postal client has led his personal vehicle to the retail hall of the Bullard post office. The accident caused damage to a wall at the front of the building," the USPS said in a statement in KLTV. "No employee was injured and the driver of the personal vehicle is treated by paramedical paramedics."
The agency told the media that postal managers "currently assess the damage" caused by the accident and work "to carry out the necessary repairs to the establishment. "The postal service will provide additional information when normal operations resume," the USPS said in its press release.
There are several other post offices that have suspended the services.
Bullard's post office could be the most recent closure of the USPS, but it is hardly the only installation closed to the public. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
On January 18, the postal service alerted customers to the closure of Over 20 post offices Throughout California and Nebraska due to violent winter storms.
And the agency also closed facilities in Northern Dakota and Alabama this month. In Northern Dakota, retail operations at the Stanton Post Office were suspended on January 6 "Due to water damage and asbestos reduction." The USPS added that there is "no current estimate at the moment when the office reopens".
In Alabama, Jack's post office was closed on January 13 After "undergoing structural damage due to recent tornado activity". According to the agency, "postal managers will provide customer update once an in -depth assessment completed".
