The main post office downtown is still struggling to sort and deliver mail, and that means your packages may not arrive in a timely way.The 11 News I-Team first reported the problems on Friday and on Monday learned nothing has changed.People want to know why packages is sitting for days inside a facility. On their website, the postal service says it s experiencing unprecedented package increases and had limited employee availability because of the impact of the coronavirus.A nightly mail truck traffic jam at the main post office downtown. Drivers told the 11 news 1-Team they are frustrated because they can t unload or load up cargo. They sit parked for hours.“Sitting about eight hours of the day waiting in line to get unloaded, then we get up there to the dock and we can t offload because there is no space to put the stuff,” said Terrance Briscoe, a truck driver.What the public doesn t see is mail piled up in carts in bags on the loading dock and in hallways.“There s very
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Updated: 12:11 PM EST December 14, 2020
RICHMOND, Va. As the holiday season approaches, many people are going to be sending gifts by mail and packages, so the post office released some recommended shipping deadlines.
The United States Postal Service said it is getting ready for the busiest mailing and shipping week. It suggested people send mail or ship packages from Dec. 14 - 21.
USPS is expecting an increased amount of deliveries because more people have been shipping packages and mailing across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Here are the holiday shipping deadlines:
Dec. 15 USPS Retail Ground service
Dec. 18 APO/FPO/DPO (
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