Dozens of homeowners on Constance Lake Road near Dunrobin say Canada Post stopped delivering to their roadside mailboxes weeks ago.
"Most of the residents on the street here, all of my neighbours with the exception of one had stopped receiving home delivery at the same time that I had," Judd tells CTV News.After contacting Canada Post multiple times himself, Judd says he was told his mailbox does not meet courier height regulations - it's too short."I measured mine and it's at 37 inches," says Judd.
Judd was told that when his road was repaved back in July 2020, it raised the height of the road. However, more than two years later after no issues were raised about the height of his mailbox, his mail delivery stopped."They said that their standard process was to strip down the pavement that was in existence previously, and resurface with the same amount of asphalt. So there should be no change to the road surface that existed two years ago as it does today.
After learning why his mail delivery had stopped, Edgett says it took him 20 minutes to raise his mailbox to the required height.Constance Lake Road residents not in compliance have to travel to the Canada Post depot on Hawthorne Road in Ottawa's east end and present identification to pick up their mail.Judd finally received a piece of mail Thursday; a notice from Canada Post to raise his mailbox.
What happened to through sleet and snow…..?
delivered mail is needed as much as a rotary phone on a landline.
Hire shorter workers. Lol
I was asked to raise my mailbox two years in a row. I couldn’t raise it any further so I purchased and installed a new post. My notice this year said that it was now too high. My mail was withheld again. You paved road people don’t know how lucky you are! GravelRoadDilemma
This is a PR nightmare.
The mailboxes haven't shrunk, it's because gravel builds up around them
'Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds'... but if we have to REACH, forget it!!!
This country is unbelievable. Rules that are ridiculous.
We also have rural delivery and recently had a resurfaced gravel road that was raised by almost 2’. The town fixed all of our mailboxes to be the correct height after. Anytime CP has an issue with our box (broken flap, missing numbers, etc) we always get a notice and deadline
First world problems.
Oh no now they have to get our of their vans and take the 5 steps to the mailbox..
canadaposthelps canadapostcorp How much to these folks make/per/Hr? Any excuse to NOT do their jobs eh? lazy overpaid You have one F'n job. DO IT!
Unreal!! People are so lazy!! We are becoming a country of Karen's! Sorry ladies. I'm not sure the name for the male side!!
All I can say is Canada Post are lazy they will find any excuse to not deliver your mail or any way possible to lose your mail this is another Crown corporation just like OC Transpo that need to go bye-bye and find a new company to do it
Have they considered asking people to raise the mailboxes
The people that fill your mailbox with real estate flyers and Pizza Pizza menus are throwing a hissy fit because of 5'?
Let some air out of the mail carriers vehicle.
Well, get shorter mail carriers.
Really, wow ppl are really intitiled! Whata happening to the world, do your job
This is ridiculous. Fire these guys and hire people that wanna work.
Laziness
outrageous. They got ghosted no notification or warning. People need to get fired
Pathetic. They pay for the service.
had this happen to us but they let us know so we could fix it - more than a few years ago