Langley isn’t getting along with its post office over access through its parking lot.

Mayor Fred McCarthy said the post office, just across the road from City Hall on Second Street, set up cones and used vehicles to block cars from going through the parking lot. Incidents of blocking access occurred during Choochokam Arts Festival on the July 11 weekend and again this past weekend for the Ragnar Relay Pacific Northwest Passage that concluded in Langley.

“That made sense to them, but in terms of fire and police access, not so much,” McCarthy told the council during its regular meeting Monday evening.

McCarthy said the city is having a problem communicating its position with the postmaster, but said he understands one of the major concerns of having the parking lot used as an access between Second and Third streets is the safety of mail delivery drivers who load their trucks in the area.

Langley Police Chief Dave Marks said that concern is not warranted, however.

“There’s never been a reportable accident in that parking lot,” he said.

Langley leaders maintain that the property is city-owned and leased to the federal United States Postal Service. That would mean that the post office is not allowed to restrict access through the lot.

Signs or pavement markings were recommended by some council members to help guide any traffic through the lot.