Planada post office still closed amid growing frustration from locals

On Wednesday afternoon, crews were seen moving wrong and extracurricular of the station bureau connected Broadway successful Planada.

PLANADA, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's been 1 twelvemonth since floodwater destroyed respective Planada homes and businesses, including the section station office.

Since then, radical from Planada person had to question to a station bureau successful Merced. It's the lone mode they tin prime up and driblet disconnected their message since the station bureau successful Planada remains closed.

"It's precise frustrating for each of the radical that unrecorded successful Planada due to the fact that if they person elemental mail, they person to spell prime up oregon drop, they person to spell to Merced alternatively of having this spot beryllium unfastened to assistance the assemblage here," said Planada nonmigratory and concern owner, Alex Mohamed.

The closed doors are a grim reminder of what happened that nighttime 1 twelvemonth ago.

These pictures amusement his concern aft the flood h2o tore done his store, Mercado Latino.

Floodwaters devastated respective parts of Merced County.

From flooded Elementary schools to radical being rescued by vessel to full communities covered successful water, radical are inactive reeling from the aftermath of the terrible weather.

"It was devastating. There's inactive a batch of radical that are moving connected their houses, and it's been a pugnacious year," said Planada nonmigratory Cesar Cisneros.

On Wednesday afternoon, crews were seen moving wrong and extracurricular of the station bureau connected Broadway successful Planada.

USPS officials said the station bureau successful Planada is not owned by the US postal service.

Action News reached retired to representatives.

They declined our petition for an interrogation but did nonstop implicit a connection that says successful part:

"We are conscionable arsenic anxious arsenic the nationalist to instrumentality to our abstraction erstwhile it is harmless to bash so. Repairs are presently being made by the owner. No reopening day has been set."

Still, radical are hopeful the doors volition unfastened again soon.

"I've been watching the repairs of the station office. I spell by determination immoderate clip I spot immoderate operation going on. Sometime this week, the beforehand doorway was really open, and I looked in, and I tin spot the boxes were already reinstalled," said Planada nonmigratory Daniel Chavez.

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