"The delays, which began during the holiday season, have continued into the new year causing customers to deal with delays and lost packages. ...According to Rep. Shreve, the USPS explained the delays by linking the recent transition from a smaller center to the larger, 1.2 million square foot center on Brookville Road. ..."
"...something else is broken in the system,” she said. The local American Postal Workers Union (APWU) said this issue is, in fact, bigger than just weather or the pandemic...ones said under the new postmaster, hundreds of sorting machines were removed from facilities across the country. “We just don’t have the ability to process it in a timely manner,” he said. “What happened in June or July didn’t fix the problem, it created it..."
"...LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - Residents have complained about the unreliable postal service in Moss Bluff and Lake Charles for months..."