Dover District Council will declare 'major incident' if travel disruption persists
A council says it is prepared to declare "a major incident" if traffic disruption around Dover continues into this weekend.since the start of the Easter break at the weekend.
Declaring a major incident would "force the issue" and "trigger a more robust response" from authorities, Mr Bartlett said. Authorities have implemented Operation Brock, a system which allows lorries heading to Dover to use one side of the M20, while all other traffic is restricted to a contraflow system on the opposite side.
He said authorities need to prepare for further tourist traffic on Friday by bringing freight under control.In a statement, the Port of Dover said it served 30,000 passengers during last weekend's disruption, triple that of the corresponding weekend last year. Ms Wells said: "The situation on Kent's roads is quite frankly dire and risks damaging the image of our beautiful county and Global Britain."The Port of Dover said it served triple the number of passengers last weekend than in the same period last year
Mr Collins said: "I think we do have to consider some of the measures that we've looked at before, like bringing Manston back into play. There was even a scenario where we could use the M26 to hold lorries.
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