bad weather yesterday causing delays to the ferries and, according to the port, new checks introduced after brexit, meaning all coach passengers have to get out of the vehicle to have their passports checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to queue on the outskirts of dover last night. questions are now being asked about why this is happening again just like last easter. every single holiday getaway we see this gridlock. we need to invest, that means investing in the roads, putting in lorry parks, coach parks, making sure there are facilities for people to wait and not just queue in our roads all around our town. that is not fair on the people here. the port says it is deeply frustrated, saying that it had planned ahead, but the additional coach bookings taken by ferry firms for easter have added to the challenge. it will look to learn lessons. first of all, i want to say how sorry i am that everyone who wanted to get away this easter break has been so disrup
of huge numbers of people wanting to travel. bad weather yesterday causing delays to the ferries and according to the port. new checks introduced after brexit, meaning all coach passengers have to get out of the vehicle to have their passports checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to queue on the outskirts of dover last night. questions are now being asked about why this has happened again, just like last easter. well, every single holiday getaway, we see this gridlock and we need to invest. that means investing in the roads, putting in lorry parks, coach parks, making sure there are proper facilities for people to wait and notjust queue in our roads all around our town. that s not fair on the people here. the port says it s deeply frustrated, insisting it had planned ahead. but the additional coach bookings taken by the ferry firms for easter have added to the challenge it will look to learn lessons. well, can ijust say how sorry i am that everybody who wa
what is causing this? it has been blamed on a perfect storm of huge numbers of people wanting to travel, bad weather yesterday causing delays and, according to the port, new checks introduced after brexit, meaning all coach passengers have to get out of the vehicle to have their passports checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to wait on the outskirts of dover last night. and questions are being asked about why this is happening again just like last easter. every single holiday getaway we see this gridlock. we need to invest, that means investing in the roads, putting in car parks, making sure there are facilities for people to wait and not just queue in our roads all around the town. that is not fair for the people here. the port says it is deeply frustrated saying that it had planned ahead, but the additional coach bookings has added to the challenge. and it looks to learn lessons. i want to say i am sorry that everyone who wanted to get away this easter b
checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to queue on the outskirts of dover last night. questions are now being asked about why this has happened again, just like last easter. well, every single holiday getaway, we see this gridlock and we need to invest. that means investing in the roads, putting in lorry parks, coach parks, making sure there are proper facilities for people to wait and notjust queue in our roads all around our town. that s not fair on the people here. the port says it s deeply frustrated, insisting it had planned ahead. but the additional coach bookings taken by the ferry firms for easter have added to the challenge it will look to learn lessons. well, can ijust say how sorry i am that everybody who wanted to get away this easter break has been so disrupted, and in particular for the school kids, being a father myself, i know how anxious i d feel. so what we ve been doing is we ve been working really hard with our ferry operators and our par
ultimately, and we booked into a hotel in france this evening, but i don t know if we are going to make it. it is going to be a long one, i think. we re going to be here for a while. it is ok, it s the holiday. what is causing this? it has been blamed on a perfect storm of huge numbers of people wanting to travel, bad weather yesterday causing delays and, according to the port, new checks introduced after brexit, meaning all coach passengers have to get out of the vehicle to have their passports checked and stamped by the french authorities. lorries were forced to wait on the outskirts of dover last night. and questions are being asked about why this is happening again just like last easter. every single holiday getaway we see this gridlock. we need to invest, that means investing in the roads, putting in car parks, making sure there are facilities for people to wait and not just queue in our roads all around the town. that is not fair