The same area targeted by this USPS collection box reduction will become the location for greater housing density within a few years. Securely sending mail from a home address has increasingly become difficult due to theft and other logistical challenges. Although these reductions are driven by declining use, citizens expect a reasonable distribution of mail services. This latest removal has created a much wider gap between places where people can deposit outbound mail. However, two locations south of SE Washington Street provided acceptable coverage for residents. Montavilla’s distribution of blue collection boxes has historically skewed towards SE Stark Street and NE Glisan Street. Make a note of your new closest mail-drop and plan for a slightly longer journey to send out your letters. The reaming boxes at 7100 NE Glisan Street and 9100 SE Stark Street are further out from the center of Montavilla Town but easily accessible on major roads. USPS’s collection box directory no longer lists the removed units and only displays two locations in Montavilla, indicating these are long-term changes. Removed Collection Box SE 80th and Stark Dec 31st, 2021. Now that this mailbox is gone, people will need to adjust their habits and find a new location. Since 1891, Montavilla town has had a Post Office, contract post office, or collection box within a few blocks of this corner. In 1901, postal workers installed the first locked mailbox to collect outgoing mail on the northeast corner of Base Line Road (now SE Stark) and Hibbard Street (now SE 80th Ave). A mail-drop in that general location has served Montavilla’s postal needs for over a century. Removal of that collection box surprised one reader who relied on that location to send outgoing mail and wrote to Montavilla News looking for information. Unlike the other two sites, the unit on the northwest corner of SE 80th and Stark Street did not suffer from abuse. USPS blue collection box on the northwest corner of SE 80th and Stark Andrews Memory Care facility previously suffered damage due to vandals, being replaced twice in 2020. The unit on SE 76th Avenue in front of the St. Removed Collection Box SE 76th and Salmon Dec 31st, 2021.Ī few days before the end of the year, USPS staff removed the blue postal collection boxes from 1208 SE 76TH Ave and 7937 SE Stark Street. In January, thieves broke into this box to steal mail and rendered it unusable. That removal was not the first disappearance of this collection box in 2021. In July of this year, postal employees removed the collection box at 1231 SE 92nd Ave, leaving a sizable gap in the neighborhood for outbound mail-drop locations. This summer, the number of USPS blue collection boxes in Montavilla dropped from five to four. Now only two blue mailboxes serve the neighborhood. Six months ago, postal staff similarly eliminated a mail-drop site on SE 92nd Avenue. Original article published December 31, 2021Īs 2021 comes to a close, crews from the United States Postal Service (USPS) removed two of Montavilla’s mail collection boxes. The returned units are not yet visible on the USPS Locations map. USPS crews replaced the boxes at 1208 SE 76TH Ave and 7937 SE Stark Street late last week. Until then, postal customers can use the two other Montavilla collection boxes at 7100 NE Glisan Street and 9100 SE Stark Street. Keep an eye on the USPS website to see when they return to service. The boxes are still missing from the USPS Locations map but should return when replacement boxes become available again. Swanson commented that a vehicle likely struck the Stark Street box, but the Postal Service has no details on that incident. USPS investigators could not identify the cause of damage to the collection box at 7937 SE Stark Street. Swanson said the unit at 1208 SE 76TH Ave was again vandalized by persons attempting to steal mail from the blue collection box. However, postal staff expects to return those locations to service by next week. A lack of suitable replacement boxes delayed the reinstallation of each unit. USPS Strategic Communications Specialist, Ernie Swanson, explained that each collection box suffered extensive damage last month. Update – United States Postal Service (USPS) staff will return two recently removed mail collection boxes within the next week.
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