Community Mailboxes Are Already Being Set Up in Brossard
Empty lots, parks, businesses, private residences and median islands… Canada Post has chosen several locations to set up community mailboxes, which should be in use by mid-August.
Annick Losier, spokesperson for Canada Post, confirms that work is already underway in Brossard and that, by fall, mail will be delivered in community boxes rather than at your door.
Certain residents opposed to having mailboxes on their land were spared, but others will have to get accustomed to the comings and goings of their neighbours.
This is what the future holds for Gilles Goulet, a Nelson Street resident. Two boxes were set up on his land about a month ago.
“The servitude belongs to the City and we really don’t have much of a choice. I asked Canada Post to move the boxes to the extremities of my land and to review their original plan by reducing the number of boxes from three to two. They accepted my request in January,” explains Mr. Goulet, who does however mention that when Canada Post employees showed up to set up the boxes, he had to prove that an agreement existed with the Crown Corporation in order to avoid having three boxes on his land.
A Touch of Privacy
Louis Marchesseau, a resident of Stravinsky Street, is thrilled that he managed to convince Canada Post to go elsewhere. He will however have to tolerate increased traffic caused by the 32 community mailboxes located right in front of his home.
“I’m happy that I don’t have to cut the branches of my trees; I can protect my privacy that way. We were informed that we would receive the key by mid-July,” adds the chairman of the Hameau II Condo complex.
More Mailboxes than Homes
Even though Bourassa Place is comprised of 29 addresses, 80 mailboxes were set up in two different locations on this street. Three of the community mailboxes can be found in proximity to Milan Boulevard and are meant to hold mail for residents living on the Boulevard because it is impossible to park a vehicle on such a busy artery.
Canada Post sent a letter to a resident of this street, Hosny Abdel-Rahman, on June 10th, stating that the mail would be delivered to the community mailbox as of August.