US Postal Service Resumes Deliveries, Opens Retail Locations

MIAMI, FL — The U.S. Postal Service said on Saturday it has resumed service to most South Florida locations and had reopened most of its branch locations. Officials suspended all services to South Florida from Fort Pierce to Key West ahead of Hurricane Irma's arrival last weekend. The first post-storm deliveries resumed on Tuesday.

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"All major mail processing infrastructure is up and running and the mail is moving," Postal Service officials said. "Most of our Post Offices are open for business and we are delivering to homes and businesses, wherever it is safe and accessible to do so. We are committed to serving our customers in South Florida, as recovery from Hurricane Irma continues. " (For more hurricane news or local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Miami Patch, and click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

All U.S. Postal Service retail locations were also shut down ahead of Irma. The decision to suspend mail service by the U.S. Postal Service did not affect deliveries by UPS or Federal Express.

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“I could not be more proud of our employees during this weather event,” said South Florida District Manager Jeffery A. Taylor. “I greatly appreciate each employee’s commitment to our postal family and to our customers as we continue to evaluate our postal installations to ensure that each location is safe so that we may ‘deliver’ for South Florida.”

Most offices in the South Florida District have resumed normal operations, with the exception of the offices listed below.

The following offices are offering limited delivery and retail services:

 Margate Branch, 5094 Coconut Creek PKWY, Margate, FL 33063-9998
 North Miami Beach Branch, 16400 W DIXIE HWY, North Miami Beach, FL 33160-9998
The following offices will be providing retail services, but there are no delivery services at this time:
 Key Largo Post Office, 100100 Overseas HWY, Key Largo, FL 33037-9998
 Tavernier Post Office, 91220 Overseas HWY, Tavernier, FL 33070-9998

The following offices will provide retail services via mobile retail units that are staged onsite (no delivery service at this time):

 Coral Springs, Coral Reef Postal Store, 6295 W. Sample RD, Coral Springs, FL 33067-9998
 Islamorada Post Office, 82801 Overseas HWY, Islamorada, FL 33036-9998
 Marathon Post Office, 5171 Overseas HWY, Marathon, FL 33050-9998
 Miami, Gratigny Branch, 995 NW 119 ST, Miami, FL 33168-9998

The following office is offering limited delivery services, but there are no retail services available at this time:

 Miami, Norland Branch, 18640 NW 2 AVE, Miami, FL 33169-9998

The following offices are still closed:

 Big Pine Key Post Office, 29959 Overseas HWY, Big Pine Key, FL 33043-9998
 Key Colony Beach Branch, 600 W Ocean DR, Key Colony Beach, FL 33051-9800
 Key West Post Office, 400 Whitehead ST, Key West, FL 33040-9998
 Key West, Flagler Station, 2764 N Roosevelt BLVD, Key West, FL 33040-3931
 Key West, Naval Air Station, 4069 Langley AVE, BLDG A, Key West, FL 33040-6324
 Long Key Post Office, 68340 Overseas HWY, Long Key, FL 33001-9998
 Marathon, Marathon Shores Branch, 11400 Overseas HWY, STE 120, Marathon, FL 33050-9997
 North Miami Beach, Uleta Finance Unit, 16750 NE 4 PL, North Miami Beach, FL 33162-9998
 Summerland Key Post Office, 24700 Overseas HWY, Summerland Key, FL 33042-9998

Customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-274-8777) for updated information or visit the USPS Service Alerts website at http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome/htm and the PostalPro website at http://postalpro.usps.com/.

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