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.
235,000 hauliers now tested following requirements introduced by French government in December coronavirus (COVID-19) testing for hauliers available at.
More than 235,000 hauliers, many heading for Dover, have been tested for coronavirus says Department for Transport
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More than 235,000 hauliers have now been tested for coronavirus.
It means vital goods continue to flow into the UK and HGV traffic in Kent is back to normal levels, says the Department for Transport.
Truckers have been reminded to make sure they are clear of coronavirus
Following the decision by the French government in December demanding hauliers provide evidence of a negative Covid test to cross the border, a number of other European countries want the same.
This could have led to long tailbacks of lorries in Kent and at borders, similar to the pandemonium in Dover in December.
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