Hundreds of packages piled up behind a U.S. Postal Service counter where a lone clerk faced frustrated residents who hadn’t received mail for a week in the Colorado River town of Silt — the l…
for post office boxes even where residents don’t receive direct delivery for free.
Under the Constitution, Congress has the power “to make all laws” necessary to maintain postal service, and “Mountainous western Colorado historically has ranked among the hardest parts of the country for delivering mail. Starting in the 1880s, skiing postmen risked their lives to carry letters and packages over rocky passes to isolated residents in mining towns.
When an order arrives “they put your stuff into a locker” and are supposed to place a notice or a key for access in a resident’s box, she said. But shoddy service has included mix-ups, delays, mis-deliveries, and hour-long lines to reach clerks. Baker recently walked to the Buena Vista post office four times trying to locate a $350 shipment of glass enamels.
Across the mountains in Avon, Mayor Amy Phillips said increased online shopping lies at the core of the breakdowns. “It came to a head during COVID. That’s what pushed it over the top to be unsustainable” due to the “sheer volume” of packages that the postal service had to deliver, Phillips said. Town leaders have appealed to postal service supervisors to expedite hiring and relax testing. Phillips said the USPS should no longer be allowed to enter into contracts for “last-mile delivery.” She also has proposed that postal officials use their property, such as land around the post office in Vail, for the installation of package-handling hubs and for affordable housing for employees.
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