Maggie Chapman, Green councillor for the Leith Walk ward, has added her voice to calls for retention of postal services at Brunswick Road (Breaking news, 9.11.11).
As well as writing to Royal Mail, she has submitted the following motion to next week's full council meeting:
CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
18th NOVEMBER 2010
GREEN MOTION
Royal Mail Postal Services, Brunswick Road
Council notes that, from the end of November, there will no longer be posting facilities at the former Brunswick Road sorting office, and that this means the latest uplift of mail for Leith Walk businesses and residents will be at 7:15pm in Frederick Street (currently 7:30pm at Brunswick Road). For franked mail with a meter users are directed to Constitution Street with last uplift at 6:30pm instead of the existing 7:00pm at Brunswick Road.
Council believes that this loss of service to businesses and residents is unacceptable.
Council therefore instructs the Leader and the Chief Executive to request that Royal Mail retain late posting facilities for businesses and citizens in the Leith Walk area, for example by providing a box for franked mail on Elm Row, or at the very least, by extending the collection times in the City Centre to match the current service at Brunswick Road.
Proposed: Maggie Chapman