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  Peter, I was under the impression that there was an original HRO plan for new ferry (not freight) berths situated at right angles to the POW pier. That seemed to have been quietly shelved in favour of a couple of freight berths only. If that is the current position then it will have little effect on freight traffic through Dover (apart from the chaos caused by DHB's traffic management systems between Union Street and the Eastern Docks scheduled to last all year).
  
  Is the HRO you refer to just a future "will permit" or is there something more substantive in the pipeline that I have missed?
  
  Looking more closely at DHB's "Statement in Support of the Order" it would appear that they have had to implement what they call "an interim scheme" (the Dover Western Docks Revival) in order to protect the consented development under the HRO of 2012. There appears to be no known timescale for when, or if, the ferry berths will be constructed.
  
  One could ask if the work required for this "interim scheme", with envisaged traffic delays and diversion within the town alongside the already exisiting problems with "Stack" and "TAP" controls, is in any way considered proportionate to the inconvenience being suffered by local residents, businesses and visitors to our town.

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