The developer of a fashionable Canfield neighborhood of half-million-dollar homes and a couple living there have filed a lawsuit in federal court because the post office won’t deliver their mail to a letter box outside their home.
C.T.W. Development Corporation, and Nicholas and Gail Evanchan have filed a complaint against Canfield Postmaster Nicholas Elton, claiming their rights are being violated because the postal service is requiring them and the owners of eight other homes along Kyle Ridge Pointe Road to pick up their mail at a centralized delivery unit, instead of at the curb outside of their houses.
The suit alleges that in 2004 the U.S. Postal Service approved curbside mail delivery to homes in the Westford Development.
The Evanchans bought a lot in the development two years ago and built a house there.
The lawsuit says that a USPS policy change in 2012 replaced curbside delivery with centralized delivery units, even though 47 other single-family homes still receive curbside delivery.
The lawsuit wants the court to order that the post office provide curbside delivery to the remaining single-family homes along Kyle Ridge Pointe Road.
The post office has not yet filed a response to the lawsuit.
