Fort Worth residents spent hundreds relocating mailboxes after erroneous USPS notices; the postal service later apologized.
FORT WORTH, Texas — The United States Postal Service has apologized after incorrectly notifying residents in a southwest Fort Worth neighborhood that they needed to relocate their mailboxes closer to the curb.
Residents in the Bomber Heights neighborhood received notices saying they had “illegal or inappropriate” mailboxes and needed to install new ones that postal carriers could access without leaving their vehicles.
Jackson said a postal worker told him the post office would withhold mail if he didn’t comply with the relocation request. The postal service did not offer to reimburse residents for the cost of moving their mailboxes.
A USPS spokesperson later confirmed the notices were sent in error and that customers do not need to relocate their mailboxes. The postal service apologized for the inconvenience but did not specify who was responsible for the mistake.
