Le Figaro Bordeaux
For once, elected officials of all political stripes agree. On December 30, the closure of the post office on rue de Pessac had aroused the anger of many residents and led to a reaction of many local elected officials, starting with Pierre Hurmic, the ecologist mayor of Bordeaux. In front of the inhabitants, the elected had specified his willingness to "do everything in his power to bring him back". This will soon be done, in the form of a "house of services to the public", which will open by October.
The former mayor of Bordeaux, Nicolas Florian, had also risen to the niche against the closure of this post office. "It is a local public service essential to the life of this district of Bordeaux," explained the president of the opposition group Bordeaux Ensemble. In a letter dated February 21, he had suggested to Pierre Hurmic to acquire the building in order to set up a platform of local public services. After the official announcement of the resumption of the place by the town hall, the right-wing elected official confides that "it is good news for the inhabitants of the district" and that "this decision goes in the right direction".
A few months after the closure of this post office, other elected officials from Bordeaux had also seized the subject. Thomas Cazenave, Renaissance deputy of the Gironde and opposition municipal councilor, and Nathalie Delattre, senator of the Gironde, had written in March to the chairman and CEO of the group La Poste to express their attachment to this particular post office, an "essential link" of public services. A letter with the aim of "finding a solution to maintain this local service".
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"Several local services"
At City Hall, the subject was far from being ignored. During his greetings to the press on January 12, Pierre Hurmic recalled that "closing a post office at the Pessac barrier is a damaging sign of decline in public service", insisting on the importance of this place, because "the public service is the heritage of those who do not have one".
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After mobilizing alongside the inhabitants and committing to act, the mayor of Bordeaux has taken the decision and measures for the city of Bordeaux to take over the lease of the premises previously occupied by the post office of the rue de Pessac, "now explains the municipality. This future "house of services to the public" will therefore be able to open from the beginning of October 2023. A municipal agent has already been recruited to ensure the permanence of the place, which will be open "part-time", including every other Saturday. On site, local residents will once again be able to access postal and banking services from the Post Office, but also to "several local services".
