Arcadia Drive -Through Mail Boxes returned to original position

Arcadia Drive -Through Mail Boxes returned to original position By Terry Miller In the last couple of weeks, we’ve been reporting on the rather unusual relocation of the drive-through mail boxes behind Arcadia’s main post office to the street on Santa Clara. Alas, after all the ensuing brouhaha, the post office finally returned the post boxes to the safe drive through area. So, now Arcadia you may mail your Christmas cards after all in the comfort of your automobile. The Post Office moved the bins to the city right-of-way without the city’s knowledge in preparation for constructing the fence. The city immediately told them that this was an unsafe location and that the boxes had to be relocated – which, of course they had not, until Friday when they were returned. We asked Jason Kruckeberg, Arcadia’s Assistant City Manager and Development Services Director to comment on the situation: “The first we heard of the Post Office’s plan to relocate the boxes was when they called our Engineering Department to request curb painting after the boxes had already been moved. There is no city-related reason why they were moved. We have issues with the new location not only for the obvious safety reasons related to dropping off mail in a red-curb, no-parking zone, but also vision clearance problems from the nearby driveway, and the fact that the boxes will block pedestrian access along the sidewalk, and ADA access for persons with disabilities, once a fence is installed.” Luckily now, all this is history. Thanks to a little publicity and lots of calls and letters ( via email, I might add), the Post Office finally gave in and did the right thing.

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