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RESIDENTS in some areas of Warrington may see postal delays over the coming days.
This is according to Royal Mail, which has issued the warning through a service update on its website.
The postal service says not all mail was processed or despatched to schedule over the past 24 hours at Warrington Mail Centre.
As a result, ‘some post may be delivered slightly later than expected’ in WA postcode areas.
Royal Mail also says that its aim to deliver to all addresses it has mail for, six days a week, may temporarily not be possible in a small number of local offices.
This due to local issues such as Covid-related self-isolation, high levels of sick absence, resourcing or other local factors.
The website says: “In those cases we will rotate deliveries to minimise the delay to individual customers.
“We also provide targeted support to those offices to address their challenges and restore our service to the high standard our customers would normally receive.
“We are sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted.”
Among the list of offices most impacted is Warrington, particularly in the WA1 to WA2 and WA4 to WA5 postcode areas.
It comes after residents reported issues with post delivery across the town, including delays of up to a week in receiving post.
Others have complained about uncollected post sitting in post boxes.
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One resident said: “Every box I have gone to is full and not been emptied.
“The mailbox in Burtonwood was jammed full and the Asda box was rammed full, again not being emptied.
“That is just a couple to mention, bar a few others. What is going on? We all need our mail.”
A Royal Mail spokesman previously told the Warrington Guardian: “In some areas in Warrington, we are experiencing some disruption to service due to sickness absence and resourcing issues which we are addressing as quickly as possible.
“We aim to deliver to all addresses we have mail for, six days a week.
“If resourcing issues, associated self-isolation and safety measures prevent this, we’ll deliver at least every other day.
“We apologise to customers for any inconvenience they may experience as we work hard to resolve the situation.”
