HOUSTON – KPRC 2 Investigates learned Wednesday the delay in mail delivery in the Houston area stems from the letter-size sorting machines.
The collapsed roof at the North Houston sorting center damaged the industrial equipment that sorts millions of letter-size mail.
Letter-size mail is being sorted at facilities in other Texas cities and being shipped back to Houston for delivery.
The patch-work system is now creating three- to four-day delays in letter-size mail delivery in Houston and surrounding ZIP codes, from Bryan to Beaumont.
Packages and so-called “flats” are said to be running on time.
It’s unclear how long the delay will last, according to American Postal Workers Union, Houston President Al Davison.
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Post office building collapses in north Houston TX
Could you share something with the public? The building in question sorts ALL the mail for… 770, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777 and 759. Please, show the public what this area looks like on a map and what the population of that area is. This building is the largest mail processing and distribution facility in the country. It covers the largest population and the largest land mass (other than Alaska). And, it was already difficult getting all that mail sorted in a timely fashion in relatively cramped conditions, even with the quickly built expansion (the part that collapsed). The expansion was built to give us room to incorporate 770 and 772 when the GPO downtown was lost. After that, the USPS closed the processing facilities of 776, 777 and 759, and brought all their mail here as well. No additional space, no additional people. HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.