01-30-2017, 03:45 PM
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Originally posted by My 2 cents
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Originally posted by ChuckFin
Save the environment
As I understand there are two interrelated issues—if the roads were paved to meet USPS standards, the USPS would provide regular home delivery in HPP similar to other communities such as Shores and Beaches. Since the roads are not paved, many residents are being forced to drive 10 miles round trip to Kea’au for General Delivery mail pick-up for between two-three years while waiting for one of the limited boxes on the street. It would be beneficial if the USPS could be convinced to provide an increases number of mail boxes at their expense in HPP, until the association paves the roads to meet USPS standards. We do need local mail service boxes or home delivery by one truck in order to reduce our carbon footprint and save the environment for all.
I believe the issue with standard home delivery is private roads, not bumpy roads. I could be wrong.
Also, I think if the county were to take over ownership of the roads as I have been promoting, I think the USPS would be obligated to provide the same standard home delivery that everyone else gets. I could be wrong about this as well, but it's worth a ponder.
The post office has already been delivering on private roads, every time they service the boxes in HPP. The conditions of many of the roads in HPP would certainly be an obstacle, but the bottom line is the USPS, in general, has not been approving these kind of route extentions for many decades years now.