New Postal Boxs and sites

         In my contact with the different agencies dealing with mail boxes this is what I understood the situation to be. Changes in The community mailbox locations were reviewed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to ensure they were safe and met their design criteria.   Some of the specifications required could be one parking spot for up to 80 mailboxes and two parking spots for up to 160 mailboxes.  While a flat location may be preferred, sometimes because of the area layout there is not one available.  

The local post office has discussions with a snow clearance contractor to keep the areas cleared.   Obviously snow clearance and sanding on View road itself is Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure responsibility.  Catchment areas are assigned to each community mailbox location. Residents are assigned to the mailboxes on the basis of safety, proximity to customers, size restrictions at sites, cost, ease of sortation and other factors.  

The View road mail box site (Lee Creek) was installed to reduce the number of customers at the Mabry Road site and to lessen the number of customers having to cross Squilax-Anglemont Road in order to pick up their mail. The View road site only services customers living on Hopwood, Lee Creek and View roads - and no customers on Squilax-Anglemont Road.    As I understood it; MOTI guidelines would suggest that the existing View Road and Mabry Road sites could not be combined at the same location and either a new location would have to be found or customers would have to be moved to a location that is located off-road (such as the site at 2199 Squilax-Anglemont Rd – Tourist Info sign). Any new locations would have to be reviewed by Canada Post and MoTI and approved.

If people are receiving their mail late; it may be because all of the delivery personnel in Chase have had their routes redone. Canada Post wants their employees to be in as safe an environment as possible. It is why they want them not to cross the road, make right hand turns and avoid crossing lanes.  

MoTI is still working with Canada Post reviewing proposed locations, and if  they are deemed unsafe, there would be a  recommendation to revise the proposal, prior to issuing a permit.  Both agencies have to work together to find a solution that addresses the safety issues of the residents, MoTI and Canada Post.