Canada Post's plan to save money by getting rid of door-to-door delivery is not going so smoothly in some places where residents are upset there is no consultation for mailboxes going near their properties.

"None of us were advised. I was the one who had to announce it to all of my neighbours," Rosemere resident Vince Orlando told CTV Montreal. Rosemere is just north of Montreal.

"There is already a lot of traffic," resident Shelley Townsend told CTV Montreal. "The street is only 20 feet wide. It was not developed to have mailboxes."

Orlando, Townsend and fellow resident France Lafleur are worried people will drive to the mailbox, park in their driveways and walk on their grass. But they seem most upset about the fact that neither Canada Post nor the local government are working with them on better solutions.

"Our mayor refuses to do anything," said Orlando. "I've even had correspondence with city hall telling me that the problem is mine."

He said city council is passing the buck to Canada Post. However, the mayor is even more upset with the Crown corporation for their handling of the situation.

They have "no respect for the town, no respect for the citizens," mayor Madeleine Leduc told CTV Montreal adding she just received an email indicating they were going to install the boxes.

But Canada Post said it has taken all the necessary steps.

"We did some door knocking to make sure there wasn't an issue that we had not thought out," Anick Losier of Canada Post told CTV Montreal. "My understanding is that we did not get any alternative suggestions."

Losier hopes these residents will reach out to Canada Post with other solutions because it's Canada Post's policy to investigate all suggestions.

Canada Post's plan to do away with door-to-door delivery in favour of community mailboxes in many cities was revealed in December. About two-thirds of the country already has to walk a short distance to retrieve mail. With mail volumes dropping at a rapid rate, Canada Post could be running a deficit of $1 billion by 2020. According to a study by the Conference Board of Canada, eliminating home delivery could save $576 million a year.

With files from CTV Montreal's Aphrodite Salas