Lufkin Mail Operations Will Move

EAST TEXAS — There are many changes going with mail processing centers in East Texas. The center in Tyler was set to shut down next year but now, that’s not the case. According to KETK, Louie Gohmert, U.S. Congressman of East Texas had a meeting with the District Manager of the U.S. Postal Service Dallas office Tuesday to discuss the closure of the Tyler facility this summer.

“Toward the end of the meeting I said, well, Lufkin hadn’t had heard anything in a while; I want to make sure they’re okay, that there are no plans for them because they got an original closing being considered,” says Gohmert. Gohmert tells KETK within 24 hours, “We get a certified letter that was sent before the meeting was even started, probably before they left Dallas, that says they’re closing the Lufkin processing plant,” says Gohmert. The letter says Lufkin mail operations will be moving to North Houston.