Department for Transport to pave paradise for Brexit border parks at Whitfield and Sevington sparking pollution concerns from residents
Published: 06:00, 31 December 2020
We have been bringing you a series of features looking back at our strained relationship with Europe and exploring how we reached this point. With a day to go, we meet those living in the shadow of Brexit. It s like the Joni Mitchell song: They ve paved paradise and put up a parking lot .
This is David Dunford s fear for the view from his front door after July 1 when a post-Brexit Inland Border Point Facility becomes operational.
The private land, often silhouetted by glorious sunsets, has been sold to the Department for Transport which plans to build a customs clearance facility there for 1,200 lorries.