Residents of the West Shore will soon see door-to-door postal service change to community mailboxes.
And while there are many initial concerns from residents, Canada Post has launched a highly accessible program which offers residents opportunities to have a say in where those boxes will go.
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Canada PostB次元官网网址檚 priorities are to blend the community boxes into the region as best as possible while respecting urban design, attention to accessibility, safety, high traffic and sidewalks, Losier said.
Canada Post will also localize information on where to put the boxes within the street based on information from the communities she said.
While all of Canada will be converted away from door-to-door delivery over the next five years, she said they are beginning work on converting approximately 18,000 residential addresses with postal codes starting with V9A, V9B, and V9C in Langford, Colwood, View Royal, Esquimalt, Victoria and New Songhees 1A.
View Royal Community Association chair Barb Featherstonhaugh said there should be options for people who are shut ins or have mobility issues in getting to the new boxes, but like many people, she has seen this coming for some time.
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Once Canada Post has tabulated the feedback, it will send a letter to residents stating the designated place for the community box, Losier said.
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Residents entering the conversion process can plug their postal code into a search function at the top right corner of canadapost.ca, or call 1-844-544-3009.
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