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Travellers to France advised to bring food and drink for long queues in Kent | The Independent
2022-04-11 00:00:00.0     独立报-英国新闻     原网页

       

       People travelling to France via the Channel Tunnel have been advised to bring food and drink as lengthy queues continue at the Port of Dover.

       Roads in Kent have been hit by long delays in recent days due to a shortage of ferries caused by the suspension of sailings by P&O Ferries after it sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice.

       The operator said it plans to resume operations on the Dover-Calais route next week pending regulatory approval.

       Toby Howe, tactical lead at the Kent Resilience Forum, advised travellers to France to “allow a lot of extra time”.

       P&O said it plans to resume operations on the Dover-Calais route next week pending regulatory approval (Gareth Fuller/PA)

       (PA)

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       He told BBC Breakfast the delays had been caused by “the perfect storm”.

       “Yes, we had the P&O issue,” Mr Howe said. “We then had a storm at sea which meant that a lot of the ferries couldn’t cross overnight.

       “We had a few problems with the customs process, etc.

       “We then had some snow. We then had a train in the tunnels, so all of these things had added up to culminate in the problems that we have got for poor Kent at the moment.”

       He said there had also been an IT issue with processing documents.

       Mr Howe added: “Luckily things have been put in place now so that isn’t a delay but that was something that contributed to those initial delays.

       Cars wait to check in at the Port of Dover in Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)

       (PA)

       “So last weekend Dover really suffered because of all of that congestion.

       “But we have put traffic management plans in place now so that things can flow through Dover [which] can still function as a town, and Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover are able to operate as they need to.”

       He added: “Make sure you have got some food and drink because there will be delays. A lot of the minor roads, therefore, are chock-a-block.”

       Mr Howe advised travellers to look into the traffic on different routes before making their journeys.

       He said that summer, when traffic is likely to get busier, was a “worry”.

       Mr Howe added: “What we need are plans in place moving forward because every getaway, Kent could suffer. So we need plans in place so that we can actually restrict that traffic coming in.

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       “Hopefully, when the ferries are back from P&O that will assist as well. But there will always be some problems as we continue with this sort of thing.”

       He added that it should not be Kent that “suffers” every time there are travel issues.

       


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