A dozen people living in a 55 and up community outside Apache Junction say they’re fed up with waiting almost a year for mail deliveries in their neighborhood to restart.
Homeowners said it all started when a cluster box unit was damaged in January and mail stopped being delivered.
Because of this, the residents have been driving to the Apache Junction Post Office multiple times a week to receive mail.
“There’s no sense of efficiency or care as far as I can tell,” neighbor Chuck Cuffaro said. “The post office has just been incalcitrant about it.”
What they thought would be a temporary workaround has now turned into a 10-month ordeal.
“Some people are older and some people have trouble driving and access and they now have to get out and walk in — where before, all they had to do was drive up beside the cluster box in their golf cart and reach in and get their mail,” Mountainbrook Village HOA President Ed Pullen said.
The commute proved difficult for homeowner Patricia McKay when she couldn’t leave her home.