continued from p.1 "I'm afraid if the mailboxes are placed at their current proposed locations, we'll see increased traffic on Carol Road in both directions, which will put at risk the safety of both children and adults." Muldoon said while some people on Carol Road would probably walk to get their mail, the mailboxes at the south end of Carol Road would also service residents on Dorland, Brookmill and Dunedin roads who are farther away and therefore, he said, may be more inclined to drive. Junk mail litter and a line up of cars on the street during the evening rush hour were additional problems Muldoon believes proposed mailbox locations would bring. He said the safety issues would be addressed by just having the south mailbox to Residents want mailboxes close to home: Canada Post the west of Dorland Road and the north box at the entrance of Carol Park. He had no suggestion for Carol Road's third mailbox, but noted the street is small and may not even need three. Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton said residents receiving new community mailboxes were sent surveys asking whether they wanted larger groups of community mailboxes a bit farther away or a smaller groups of mailboxes closer to home. Hamilton said 87 per cent of the Oakville residents chose the closer-to-home option. "That was extremely valuable in terms of formulating our plans. We then apply our guidelines, we work with the local municipality to ensure they are aware of what we are doing," said Hamilton. "What we've been doing over the last few weeks is knocking on doors of those people who live adjacent to the proposed locations and explaining why we've chosen those locations and in some cases answering questions. "If concerns are raised we'll see what we can do and if there is another option. When the preference of the community is smaller groups of mailboxes located closer to their home obviously you are going to have more locations and we want to respect that preference considering it was so strong," said Hamilton. Muldoon has voiced concerns about Canada Post's community mailbox location process, calling it too secretive and noting he only found out about the proposed locations on Carol Road from his ward councillor and residents' association. He is calling on Canada Post to be more open about its future mailbox locations and to listen to community concerns where discontent over these locations exists. "None of us understand the thinking of what Canada Post has in store for us," he said. "If they told the story a little bit maybe we would be a bit more receptive." Hamilton said once plans are finalized, mailbox locations are released to the community. He did not have a date as to when these locations would be released in Oakville, but noted that if residents voice concerns about the locations after that time, Canada Post will see if there is anything it can respond to. Hamilton said the process used by Canada Post to introduce community mailboxes to Oakville has been inclusive and argued that informing the community about the locations sooner would cause problems. "Out of respect for the people who will have one located adjacent to their property, we talk to them first and see if there are some issues we can address and then once we have that and plans are finalized (we inform the rest of the community) otherwise you could have so many sites in play and you could be reacting to a whole number of things," he said. "The approach we have taken has meant we have heard directly from 10,000 people in Oakville. It is hard to find any other way to reach that level of input... 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