It was in a simple email received this Thursday, July 18, that Amazon customers learned the bad news. As expected, delivery services — both postal and private carriers — will be hit hard by the organization of the Olympic Games. This is particularly the case for people living in the Paris region, and more particularly in the SILT zones located in the direct vicinity of the Olympic events.
Since July 18, 2024, QR Codes and proof of address are required to access certain areas of the capital. Metro and RER stations are closed to the public, and several roads have been requisitioned to facilitate the movement of athletes and the organizing committee. Faced with an exceptional situation, Amazon and La Poste have been forced to take drastic measures.
Amazon will not deliver to gray areas
In an email to customers a few days ago, Amazon indicated that it intends strengthen its arsenal of Lockers and collection points in the capital, in order to anticipate the impossibility of delivery in certain areas.If you live near or within red or grey zones, defined by the authorities, and which will be difficult to access or even prohibited for delivery people, you can choose to have your delivery made to our network of Lockers and collection points, which will remain accessible.“.
For the global e-commerce giant, it’s time to adapt. The company has announced that a single address has been set up to send mail to athletes and members of delegations present in the Olympic Village. If you can, the best thing to do is to postpone your deliveries until after the summer break, avoiding disruptions related to the event.
La Poste plans cargo bikes
At the Post Office, we promise, the disruptions will be less. The company does not rule out some traffic jams and delivery delays, but it assures that it has planned for this, with pedestrian rounds or cargo bikes.in compliance with the instructions of local authorities“. Enough to ensure a minimum service even in the event of a traffic ban, with schedules that vary from day to day.
The delivery of parcels, on the other hand, could be more complex in the gray areas. Delivery drivers and delivery vehicles will not be able to make rounds to individuals’ homes. As with Amazon, packages “will be made available within the network of post offices, Pickup relays and Chronopost and DPD France agencies“, the company said in a press release.
As for post offices, we will have to organize ourselves. Those located in the red zones of Paris will remain accessible to all pedestrians without the need for a Games Pass. However, fourteen of them will close at 1 p.m. on July 26 as part of the opening ceremony, at the request of the authorities (Grande-Armée, Victor-Hugo, Trocadéro, Rivoli, Châtelet, Beaugrenelle, Dupleix, Rive-Gauche, Bastille, Odéon, Champ-de-Mars, Rodin, Colisée and École-Militaire).
Source: www.journaldugeek.com
