Will Your Holiday Package Reach Its Destination On Time?

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — After months of message delays, Maryland lawmakers are pressing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for answers to spot however the station bureau is preparing for the engaged vacation shipping season.

Members of Maryland’s legislature delegation including U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Anthony G. Brown, Jamie Raskin, Andy Harris, M.D., and David Trone wrote to DeJoy requesting a study connected the USPS’ efforts to guarantee message is delivered successful a timely mode for the holidays.

“Last year’s vacation message work was a disaster. It was a catastrophe astir the state successful Maryland and successful Baltimore,” said Senator Van Hollen.

In the letter, the lawmakers asked circumstantial questions astir the station office’s preparations for the vacation message surge, arsenic good arsenic actions it has taken to close the processing issues identified successful Baltimore country message facilities.

“Baltimore country message work has been immoderate of the worst successful the state truthful the legislature delegation wrote to Postmaster DeJoy asking him specifically what measures they enactment successful spot to marque definite that Maryland’s message transportation and Baltimore’s message transportation volition spell smoothly,” said Van Hollen.

Residents of Dundalk person experienced immoderate peculiarly atrocious message delays for months and immoderate residents told WJZ astir however atrocious it was during the holidays past year.

“It was truly bad,” said Wendy Finiff. “Yeah, I got similar respective presents similar aft [the holidays].”

Van Hollen said they asked the postmaster for circumstantial accusation similar however galore further bundle sorting machines person been added, and however galore much seasonal workers were hired.

The lawmakers are hoping for a effect to the missive by Dec. 1.

“We deliberation that by raising these questions successful beforehand and getting circumstantial accusation successful advance, it volition enactment the close unit connected them to deliver,” said Van Hollen.

The station office’s shipping deadlines for Christmas transportation are:

Nov. 6 — APO/FPO/DPO (all ZIP Codes) USPS Retail Ground service
Dec. 9 — APO/FPO/DPO (all ZIP Codes) Priority Mail and First-Class Mail
Dec. 15 — USPS Retail Ground service
Dec. 16 — APO/FPO/DPO (except ZIP Code 093) USPS Priority Mail Express Military service
Dec. 17 — First-Class Mail work (including greeting cards)
Dec. 17 — First-class packages (up to 15.99 ounces)
Dec. 17 — Hawaii to/from mainland–Priority Mail and First-Class Mail
Dec. 18 — Priority Mail service
Dec. 18 — Alaska to/from Continental U.S.– First-Class Mail
Dec. 18 — Alaska to/from Continental U.S.– Priority Mail
Dec. 21 — Alaska to/from Continental U.S.– Priority Mail Express
Dec. 21 — Hawaii to/from mainland–Priority Mail Express
Dec. 23 — Priority Mail Express* service