EU-bound lorries will no longer be directed to Manston for customs checks or Covid tests
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Updated: 11:09, 10 March 2021
Lorries bound for the Channel ports will no longer be directed to Manston for customs checks or Covid tests from March 21, it has been announced.
In what has been hailed as a âsignificant step towards normality on Kentâs roadsâ emergency planners say they are suspending services for EU-bound HGVs at the former Manston Airport site.
Lorries queuing up at Manston
From Sunday, March 21, freight heading for the Port of Dover will no longer be directed to attend the site.
All HGVs coast-bound will instead access the Operation Brock traffic management system between Junctions 8 and 9 on the M20 coastbound carriageway, with one lane being used for Eurotunnel and the other for the Port of Dover.
Lorry traffic levels to Dover and Eurotunnel back to normal but no delays says Kent Resilience Forum
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Updated: 07:39, 11 February 2021
Port-bound lorry movements are back to normal but there have still been no traffic snarl-ups after Brexit.
Kent Resilience Forum has released figures showing lorry movements and the amount of Covid tests for their drivers.
Officers strive to manage lorry traffic. Picture: Kent Police
More than 6,000 lorries a day are now leaving the country via Kent ports â back to normal expected levels.
There were more than 200,000 freight movements across both ports, Dover and the Channel Tunnel during January, including both import and export traffic.
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