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US postal service employees (USPS) work hard to meet our mail needs - that it means facing aggressive animals or manage letters and packages in the extreme heat . But that does not mean that the USPS is willing to pass its employees through anything in order to operate postal operations. In fact, the agency will often interrupt deliveries and close the post offices when circumstances arise. Currently, postal customers in three different states are experiencing this first -hand issue. Read the rest to find out more about the latest USPS closures.

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Unexpected circumstances can make it inevitable so that the USPS does not intervene. But the postal service does not like to leave its customers in ignorance when it happens. The agency has two online tools to inform the public of the disturbances of residential services. Through his Service alert website And Local press releases Posted for each state, people can know if their mail is delivered or if their local post office has been closed.

According to the most recent service alerts and local press releases, Illinois, Colorado and Vermont customers face new post office closings.

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The Northern Illinois residents were struck with annoying news earlier this week. In a July 24 Local press release , the postal service has announced that it temporarily suspended retail operations at the Broadway post office in Rockford, Illinois. According to the press release, the installation was closed "due to structural problems".

The agency has not developed specific problems, but he declared that the decision to close the retail operations of the Broadway post office on a temporary basis has been taken "to ensure the safety of postal customers and employees".

Better life contacted the USPS to obtain more information on structural concerns, and we will update this story with their response.

During the closure, the customers of the Broadway Post Office are directed to the East Rockwood post office for retail services and P.O. Pick-up of the box.

"No calendar has yet been established for the resumption of retail services," the agency said in its press release. "USPS appreciates the understanding and patience of the public and apologizes for any drawback that this situation could cause."

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Construction problems are also contributing to another closure of the post office right now. In a July 27 Local press release , the USPS revealed that it had been forced to close a post office in Fountain, Colorado, after a vehicle accident.

"A vehicle went to the Fountain Post Office to force postal managers to move the retail services and po Box customer services," said the agency.

THE The incident occurred Just before 10:30 a.m. on July 27, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported. A spokesperson for the police department of La Fontaine told the newspaper that no injury had been reported and that no one had been arrested for the accident because they suspected a "possible brake failure" is to blame .

Better life Contacted the USPS to discover the extent of the damage, as well as when the installation will reopen, and we will update this story with their response.

During the closure, customers of the Fountain Post Office are invited to go to the Colorado Springs security post office to recover their mail and access retail operations.

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Meanwhile, Vermont's postal customers are completely dealing with a different problem. Since the second week of July, the USPS has been Post closings Through the state in the midst of violent storms. More recently, the agency has published a new update of its Service alert website July 27 to inform residents of a closure of facilities in Montpelier, at Vermont.

The Montpelier post office is "temporarily closed due to the floods," said postal service in its alert. The disastrous floods hit the city around July 10, but the crews always eliminate office furniture and the equipment of the mud of the postal installation Two weeks later, the local WCAX-Affilié CBS reported.

According to the media, the postal service has created mobile units at the Vermont College of Fine Arts on the 43 College Street to help the customers concerned.

"During this closure, the mail of Po Box, the caller service and any article requiring a signature will be available at the College of Fine Arts," the USPS said in its press release.

When Better life contacted the agency, USPS spokesperson Stephen Doherty shared that the Montpelier post office took a sure blow from the natural disaster.

"We hope to re -occupy Montpelier's installations as quickly as possible," said Doherty. "However, he has undergone significant damage thanks to recent floods and there is not yet a calendar."