mail delivery in HPP

[ourdoc]

The "Centralized Delivery Agreement" is an agreement to move most of the boxes, into one single area like a new building at the Hui. We have 2300 boxes in HPP but have 4000 homes, have been asking for more for many years but they don't want to put in anymore boxes, they want US to pay for them. Yet as stated they don't want to do anything until that agreement is signed even though they haven't even begun drafting one, which could take 6 months or more when you're waiting for lawyers to draw things up. Now if people think the boxes on the side of the road are inconvenient, think about having to drive all the way to Makuu and 16th every day to get your mail and what that would do to the traffic at that location. Its not built for the entire community to be driving there every day. But the guy who is making this decision is a pencil pusher living on Oahu that has no clue what it is even like here. Obviously he needs to be educated or replaced. The roads here are no different here for the most part than Hawaiian Beaches or Leilani Estates, yet we don't have home delivery...

[OpenD]

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Originally posted by steve1

As far as the post office going broke: If I recall correctly there was a postmaster general back in maybe the 70's who decided to subsidize junk mail by increasing the costs of first class mail by real people. Since then the post office has become the largest hard-copy junk mail delivery service in the US. Have you ever seen the pallets of junk mail stacked on the loading docks behind Keaau Post Office prior to delivery?

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Great story, but you have it backwards. Junk mail actually makes a profit and subsidizes the cost of First Class Mail. According to one analysis I've seen, a First Class stamp would cost nearly $1 today if there were no bulk mail revenues.

I feel your pain, all who are being affected by the potential changes... Here in Volcano, which I think the oldest community in the area... there is no delivery service, and so every street address is entitled to one free small mailbox. Access to the boxes is 24/7 but the counter closes at 3 during the week and is only open for an hour on Saturdays if you need to pick up something too large for your box. So it isn't the most convenient deal.

But on the other hand, mail volume has dropped precipitously. I only pick mine up about once a week now. Almost all my bills are electronic, I make my payments electronically, and there's very little else that is time sensitive left in my life, at least. I'm surprised that so many people are still dealing with daily mail runs.

[terracore]

The daily mail run people all live in Orchidland where there are no great broadband options so we have to go get our netflix the old fashioned way.

[kalakoa]

The irony is painful -- I can't wait to see how this turns out.

[ourdoc]

Update, the mailboxes were finally replaced today in HPP.. now to get keys and try to figure out which one is mine LOL.

[reni]

If part of the problem is the danger of vehicles speeding by the mailbox clusters then part of the solution might be to install speed bumps at the mailbox clusters to slow traffic down. Unfortunately, there are drivers that will avoid the speed bumps by driving around the bumps on the shoulders or on the sides of the roads. This discussion reminds me of the problem with dust on the unimproved subdivision roads.
******The simplest, cheapest solution again is*** getting people to slow down****
but that never seems to happen.
-----------------------------------------------------------------Mahalo Davidr !!!!!!!!!!!
The simplest and cheapest CAN happen !!!
Our hwy (mauka) is now 45 instead of 55 mph......
AWARENESS of the sensible need for safety and fugitive dust mitigation by simply obeying the already posted speed limits, CAN bring change to the majority. Thanks for the mention!!!

[Seeb]

Got a HPP mail survey in my keaau p.o. Box
Seems just a little intrusive