Posti allowed to reduce mail deliveries to urban areas

The parliament on Wednesday amended the Postal Act with the provision for allowing Posti, the postal and logistic services operator in the country to reduce the mail deliveries to three times a week in some urban areas.

The amendment proposal was approved by 97 votes to 79 in the parliament.

According to the new law, Posti will be allowed to make exceptions to its previous requirement of five-days-per-week deliveries in urban areas where morning newspaper deliveries are carried out, national broadcaster Yle reported.

The postal department will continue five-day mail delivery services in area that are not already served by newspaper delivery services-a stipulation that allows newspapers to continue to be delivered five days per week in most rural areas, said the Yle report.

The delivery services, however, could be conducted by outsourcing other companies.

The amendment will impact significantly the people living in the Archipelago.