RESIDENTS living in new Angle Vale housing developments want their mail delivered to their post box, with Australia Post set to investigate expanded service in the area.

Currently, residents living in the new developments, such as the Woodbridge and Riverview estates, get their mail sent to a group of PO boxes operated by a local bakery at the corner of Heaslip and Angle Vale roads.

The bakery has acted as an Australia Post agent since before new housing developments were established across the area.

A petition though, launched by Playford councillor Clint Marsh, has called on Australia Post to deliver mail directly to home addresses as the town’s population continues to grow.

Mr Marsh said the bakery was struggling to keep up with the workload of managing the town’s mail and residents were inconvenienced by having to pick up their post during the shop’s opening hours.

“We needed to demand proof of the demand (for a home delivery service) for the two estates, and we have about 80 households signed up,” he said.

“All new estates in the fast growth of Angle Vale get their post sent to the local bakery in Angle Vale.

“They are doing an extremely good job with the demand as new residents come on board – there’s about six new estates being built in Angle Vale as we speak.”

The petition has been submitted to Australia Post, with Mr Marsh asserting around 80 per cent of households in the new developments have signed in support.

A spokesperson confirmed Australia Post had received the petition and are now reviewing the viability of an expanded mail service.

“Mail collection and delivery arrangements vary from place to place, depending on the size and needs of each community,” the spokesperson said.

“For Angle Vale’s new Woodbridge and Riverview estates, the current arrangement is for residents to collect their mail from a post office box or over the counter at the local post office.

“We recognise that mail collection arrangements may no longer be as suitable for the community as they once were and remain open to reviewing the situation.

“In order to assess the current mail delivery arrangements, Australia Post will need to be satisfied that conditions in the area are safe, and there is limited local construction being undertaken.

“Then a review of mail delivery arrangements for the town would be done through an Australia Post mail poll.”

The spokesperson added a mail-out survey would require more than 50 per cent of respondents to show support for home address mail delivery to be successful.

Once the survey forms are mailed out, residents would have four weeks to reply with their opinion on any change. Any non-replies are considered a “no” by Australia Post.

A survey is hoped to be held later this year.