Postal Service Reconnects with Texas Gulf Coast Residents

Houston, TX — The Postal Service has reconnected with postal customers in every community in the greater Houston area today through either mail delivery within accessible areas or mail pickup service at onsite or alternate locations.

Just days after Hurricane Ike damaged dozens of Post Offices in the greater Houston area (ZIP Code areas 770, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778) and left most facilities without power, postal employees have rallied to relocate service to alternate locations, placed electrical generators into service at over 150 locations, deployed portable trailers at sites where long-term repairs have been initiated, and provided access to basic services to every Texas Gulf Coast resident.

The Postal Service has made special arrangements for Galveston residents to pickup their mail on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 19, 20, 22 and 23 respectively, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the North Houston Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) located at 4600 Aldine Bender Road east of JFK Blvd. This temporary location is providing displaced Galveston residents with access to important mail such as checks, documents, packages, and medicine. An alternate location to provide temporary mail pickup and retail service to Galveston residents will open on September 25 in either Texas City or La Marque.

Post Office Box service for customers served by the Crystal Beach (77650), High Island (77623) and Port Bolivar Post Offices has relocated to the Winnie Post Office at 3234 Highway 124 in Winnie. Mail for Post Office Box customer served by the Gilchrist Post Office (77617) has relocated to the Stowell Post Office at 3608 Highway 124 in Stowell.

Limited retail and mail delivery service has resumed at the Orange (77630) and Texas City (77590, 77591) post offices, and portable trailers are being prepared to house operations at both sites while building repairs are completed. Post Office Box service for Wallisville (77597) Post Office customers has been relocated to the Mont Belvieu Post Office at 16043 Eagle Drive in Mont Belvieu.

The Seabrook (77586) Post Office is providing limited retail and mail delivery service where access is available, and has reoccupied the building after repairs were completed.

Mail for Post Office Box customers served by the Sabine Pass (77655) Post Office and the Beaumont Downtown branch office (77704) is available at the Beaumont Main Post Office at 5815 Walden Road until further notice.

If customers have permanently relocated or will be at a temporary location for an extended time, the Postal Service will forward your mail to the new address if you submit a change of address form. Customers may file a Change of Address (COA) on line at usps.com, at the nearest Post Office or by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777). COA cards are being made available to shelters.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation — 146 million homes and businesses. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.