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With half term traffic set to increase travel times and congestion through the UK’s Channel ports this weekend, business group Logistics UK is urging government to identify and implement a permanent alternative to its Operation Brock traffic management scheme.
Originally developed as a traffic management scheme in the event of a No Deal Brexit, Operation Brock is the contraflow system set up to keep traffic on the M20 and surrounding roads in Kent moving in the event of disruption to travel across the English Channel. The M20 is set to be closed overnight on 22 May to enable the deployment of the scheme which will be in place until 3 June to manage the anticipated Bank Holiday surge in vehicles, at a cost of thousands of pounds to Kent taxpayers. However, as Nichola Mallon, Logistics UK’s Head of Trade explains, this will once again have an impact on those trying to keep goods moving to and from GB and Europe.
“For the past seven years, since the Brexit vote, the logistics industry has been subjected to delays caused by the deployment of Operation Brock, yet a permanent solution to the plan has yet to be found. While held in the queues along the M20, drivers have no access to refreshments or toilet facilities often for hours on end – a situation which would not be tolerated by workers in offices, factories or any other setting. This is not an acceptable situation. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS UK
