HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – As the Huntsville area grows, with jobs and billions of dollars in investments, the Rocket City could become the largest city in Alabama – based on population growth, within a few years.

All that growth and there isn’t a mail distribution center in Huntsville.

This has been causing delays in mail deliveries for years.

Despite the delays, the Post Office says it processed a record number of holiday packages under the most difficult circumstances they’ve experienced in a century.

Historic mail delays nationwide have delayed bills, paychecks and life-saving medications at times.
Congressman Robert Aderholt says he’s talked about delay issues with postal workers in North Alabama.

“That had some real concerns about how their Post Office has been run by the management, and I think there’s some problems that overtime we have developed in the system where we really can’t get at the root of the problem,” Aderholt, a Republican, said.

Alabama’s U.S. Postal Service sent a statement to News 19 Tuesday saying they’ve been working with union leadership to retain employees, stabilize operations and realign their organizational reporting structures for quicker response to issues. Read more