Support your local letter carrier

Public asked to clear snow and ice around mailboxes

DENVER, CO – Severe cold, snow, ice and winter storms have hit throughout the country this past week, making mail delivery very difficult across the U.S.

Support your letter carrier and Post Office in providing safe and timely delivery of your mail.

Following snowstorms and bad weather conditions, please always clear a safe path to your mailbox.

This is especially important now during the busy holiday mail and winter season.

This whole week, Dec. 15-20, and the following week through Christmas, are expected to be the biggest mail delivery weeks of the year for the U.S. Postal Service nationwide.

Postal residential and business customers are asked to clear your mailbox area of snow, sleet, slush, ice and debris, including nearby sidewalks, steps and porches.

If mailboxes are blocked off and conditions are difficult, letter carriers must always consider safety and accessibility first. Letter carriers are instructed to not deliver to mailboxes and locations which are too hazardous or difficult to access.

Whether you have a street-side, centralized neighborhood/cluster unit, house, or door mailbox, postal letter carriers need to have clear and safe access to deliver your mail.

Your local Post Office and letter carriers greatly appreciate the public’s support.

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