GBP2.2m mail sorting office opens

A brand new multi-million pound Royal Mail postal sorting office has opened in Suffolk.
The GBP2.2m centre on Skyliner Way in Bury St Edmunds brings together 140 postmen and women delivering more than 100,000 letters and parcels a day.

The old premises on St Andrew’s Street South, which had been home to the Royal Mail since the 1960s, will be redeveloped as part of a town project.

There will be no change to deliveries in the Bury St Edmunds area.

‘Great news’

Senior delivery manager Steve Glenn said: “This is actually purpose-built for our operation today.

“It’s great news for our people who deserve better and more modern facilities than we have had up to now in the new building.

“I can honestly say at this moment this is the best delivery office in the country.”

Staff moved from the old offices to the new ones over the weekend.