Post Offices in Houston Open for Business Today

Operations resume throughout Greater Houston Area

Houston, TX — Post Offices resumed operations today in the city of Houston, providing limited retail services such as stamp sales and mail collection, overcoming difficulties such as loss of electrical power, water intrusion issues and other storm-related impacts. Mail delivery has also resumed in the city of Houston, although limited by factors such as road debris, flood waters, and available delivery personnel. More than 150 portable generators have been deployed throughout the area, contractors have begun work to restore damaged facilities, and employees are reporting to work to provide mail service.

Mail processing operations are operating today at the Houston Processing and Distribution Center and North Houston Processing and Distribution Center. Mail-hauling trucks are dispatching incoming and outgoing mail into and out of Post Offices throughout the area today.

The Beaumont Processing and Distribution facility, located at 5815 Walden Road in Beaumont, is open and processing mail today. All operations in the greater Bryan area (ZIP Code area 778) are operating normally, and the Bryan Processing & Distribution Facility is processing mail today.

Post Offices located outside the city encompassing the greater Houston, Beaumont and Galveston areas (ZIP Code areas 773, 774, 775, 776, 777), are also reopening today, depending on facility access and available staffing, and are asking postal employees that have not yet reported to work to do so. Mobile retail vans are being deployed to Houston’s Oak Forest Station (77018, 77092) and Texas City (77590, 7701), and additional retail vans will be deployed to other damaged facilities as needed to provide essential mail services to postal customers.

Larger post offices in the greater Houston area that are open and providing limited retail and delivery service today include: Baytown (77520, 77521, 77523), Beaumont (77701, 77702, 77703, 77704, 77705, 77706, 77707, 77708, 77713), Bellaire (77401), Conroe (77301, 77303, 77304, 77306, 77384, 77385), Cypress (77429, 77433), Friendswood (77546) Humble (77345, 77346, 77347), Katy (77449, 77450), Missouri City (77459, 77489), Pasadena (77501), Spring (77373, 77388, 77379-82, 77386, 77388, 77389), Richmond (77406, 77407), Rosenberg (77471), Stafford (77477), and Sugar Land (77478, 77479, 77498). Post Offices in smaller communities in the area are making similar efforts today. For the latest information on USPS service updates, check: http://www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.htm.

“Our people are doing a remarkable job despite dealing with their own personal hardships,” said Kelvin Williams, district manager for the Houston District. “It takes an extraordinary effort to restore Postal Service operations, and our employees are showing they are willing to do their part to bring this entire community back as quickly as possible.”

Postal Service employees in the area are advised to contact the USPS National Emergency Notification Hotline daily at: 1-888-363-7462.

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