USPS suspends services in these states, with immediate effect
The agency is fighting against repair and rental problems in several different post offices.
The American postal service (USPS) is ready to draw services from the first sign of a problem. In March, the agency interrupted delivery and postal operations in a minnesota area due to a train derail . And just this month, the USPS closed several post offices and stopped deliveries in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands before Typhoon Mawar . But extreme circumstances do not always have to be present so that the postal service makes changes. In fact, the agency suspends services in several states at the moment for less dramatic disturbances. Read the rest to discover the latest USPS closures.
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The USPS has just closed a post office at Kansas.
Kansas customers in the installation of downtown Topeka in the postal service recently encountered an opinion on the door of the building informing them that it had been closed indefinitely , WIBW affiliated with local CBS reported on May 30. P.O. Box Mail was transferred to another Topeka post office on N.W. Gage Boulevard, according to the media.
In a premises of May 27 Press release , the USPS announced that it had moved retail operations for the main post office of Topeka at the Northpark post office on N.W. Gage Boulevard.
"The postal service apologizes for any drawback that this could cause our customers repairs," said the agency in its communication.
Customers are upset by brutal closure.
In a separate report WIBW said the USPS said it was necessary to suspend services at the Topeka main post office because renovations are necessary after lead and asbestos were found in the building. A note Posted on installation revealed that he was also "exposed to the dangers of slipping, triggering and falling; electric work; drooping painting; work above; The Topeka Capital newspaper reported. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
But several customers are thwarted by USPs for what they say to be a steep and useless closure. A person associated with the post office who asked to remain anonymous told WibW that she was not aware of the closure before seeing articles on this subject on Facebook.
"I understand why customers are angry. I do it. I would also be angry, if I had a P.O. box," she said.
Joseph Chontos said The Topeka Capital newspaper This P.O. Box customers at the Topeka main post office received a letter on the closure in the boxes only three hours before its stop.
"It was very sudden," Chontos told the newspaper. "There was no warning. We have been led to believe that it would continue to do business as usual. Suddenly, we discover like an unexpected bolt that they are closed."
Better life Contacted the USPS about complaints about the closure, and we will update this story with their answer.
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The agency also closed a post office in Tennessee.
Kansas customers are not the only ones to postal problems at the moment. The five -point post office in Franklin, Tennessee, is also planned to temporarily close today the Williamson Herald reported.
According to the newspaper, the operator of the post office Jeff Nicholls decided not to renew his lease, which expires on May 31. .
"I appreciated my stay in Franklin and I have heart for this post office," said Nicholls to Williamson Herald , adding that P.O. Box customers can always recover their mail in the installation of five points unless they receive a large package. (They will have to go to the Oak Meadow post office to recover them.)
Better life Contacted the USPS to find out if there is a calendar for the reopening of the Five Post post office, and we will update this story with their response.
An Ohio installation is also faced with rental problems.
In a premises on May 19 Press release , the postal service warned Ohio customers that it would temporarily close an installation in Haskins, Ohio, before the end of the month.
"USPS operations at the Haskins post office will be suspended at the end of the professional day on Saturday May 29," said the agency.
As in Tennessee, rental problems also contribute to this closure. "The suspension is due at the end of the rental contract," said the USPS. During the closure, P.O. Box customers are invited to recover their mail at the Bowling Green post office.
Asked about the future of the Haskins post office, the USPS spokesperson Naddia Dhalai said Better life that the agency "works at the opening of a modular unit in Haskins but did not determine the date".