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Dover residents toast government U-turn over giant Brexit lorry park
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“The disgraceful thing about all of this was there was absolutely no consultation whatsoever with people in the local area or the residents who are going to be most affected, to whom these plans came as a complete shock.
“We were told that at some stage in January we would be involved in an engagement process, where we would have been able to express our views, but I have to say I find that somewhat meaningless because as you can see they are already have machines in the land, they have created an access route to the land and yet they say it will not be approved until after the engagement.
First published on Fri 1 Jan 2021 10.32 EST
It was all quiet on the Dover front in the hours after the UK left the EU, as lorries continued to avoid the port.
But just minutes away, beyond the famous white cliffs, the sense of fury over Brexit was palpable as local residents came to terms with a government letter they received on New Year’s Eve telling them that from summer, their rural idyll of farmland and ancient Roman ways would be transformed into a customs clearance lorry park for 1,200 trucks.
The site is in addition to the the Ashford lorry park 22 miles away that barricades fields behind 4-metre fences.