Louisiana Post Offices open for business
Louisiana Post Offices remain open for business and letter carriers will continue to deliver mail throughout the US state where roads are accessible, postal officials announced at the weekend. Louisiana Post Offices remain open for business and letter carriers will continue to deliver mail throughout the US state where roads are accessible, postal officials announced at the weekend.
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette customers who have not received their Social Security checks before 3 p.m. may visit their Post Office between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to pick up their checks. Customers must have proper identification to receive their checks.
Flooding has kept 15 Post Offices inaccessible for mail delivery on Saturday, but the Postal Service has designated alternate locations for customers to pick up their mail and Social Security checks.
“We delivered mail to every address we could reach safely on Friday,” said Louisiana District Manager Bruno Tristan, “and we will do the same thing again today.”
Here are the cities inaccessible for delivery and the alternate locations where checks will be available to residents who present government issued identification such as a driver’s license. Customers can come as early as 10 a.m. to pick up their mail at the alternate site.
