Page 1538 - Week 05 - Thursday, 15 May 2014
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The distance from the newsagency, while not a long distance, is clearly a difficulty for quite a few residents because the matter has been raised with me on numerous occasions. Some local shop owners are frustrated, so they decided to host this petition. The petition calls on the Assembly, and indeed the minister responsible for local shop upgrades, Minister Rattenbury, to do what is necessary to have the postbox moved back to a position closer to the newsagency.
One possible solution that has been recommended to me is to put the postbox onto the upper level, which is where the shops and newsagency are, because it has access from Damala Street, allowing pedestrians with ambulatory issues a flat walk from the footpath to the postbox.
One resident has expressed the view that the new location allows the postal van to collect from a back alley. However, this could also be achieved with collection from Damala Street. The following are comments by local residents about the concerns that they currently have. Jean said:
During last year’s upgrades to the Waramanga Shopping Centre, the post box was repositioned in an area well away from the Newsagency and Post Office, making it necessary for aged and frail people to walk quite a distance to post mail after visiting the post office.
Cheryl said:
It is a nuisance and a number of people are not sure where it has gone. I have been asked on many occasions—where is the post box? After purchasing stamps etc it is unnecessary to be made to walk to the other end of the shops to post your letter, especially for our older residents. It must also be harder for the collection from the box.
Irena said:
While it was nice to have the shops and area refurbished, the relocation of the post box is most inconvenient.
It does not make sense to have it at the other end of the shops, well away from the Post Office.
Kathy wrote:
I think it would be great to see the post box being moved back to its original position. We found its new home very inconvenient. It pleases me most that the community has been heard and action is taking place to correct this mistake.
Caroline wrote:
The best thing about Waramanga is that the shops are so visible, but why disadvantage the post office?
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