Residents press Potter County to resolve unsafe mailbox cluster on Straw Man Trail
Residents told commissioners that a large cluster of mailboxes along Straw Man Trail/Ombre creates congestion and safety hazards; the court agreed to work with the postmaster and county staff to pursue cluster box installation and consider paying for concrete pads as a public benefit.
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Residents of the Straw Man Trail area told the court the current mailbox arrangement is a safety and access problem that has produced near-accidents and blocks traffic. Levi Randall described the arrangement and its hazards: “There are currently 27 mailboxes on the North Side Of Ombre and 29 on the other side,” he said, and told the court that the USPS lists the deliveries as curbside at residents' homes even though boxes are clustered in one location.
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