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Thom Little

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Streetside mail on way out (Post Office phasing out home delivery)

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The U.S. Postal Service plans to eliminate house-by-house mail deliveries in newly built subdivisions and require developers to build central mail stations, officials said.

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Postal officials say the change is being enforced to increase efficiency. "It keeps costs down and it's more efficient," said Larry Dingman, Postal Service manager of field communications for Alabama and Mississippi.

In addition, Dingman said the cluster boxes provide additional security for customers because they are locked.

"Nobody can just walk along and take anything out of their mailbox," Dingman said.

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1134209986150600.xml&coll=2

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