Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
it is advisable to avoid the above as hgv's are stacking up yet again.hgv drivers are using roundabouts to do a u-turns to rejoin dock bound traffic.back as far as the bp gararge and building as I type.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
no joke this morning,just murder getting to and from town first thing this morning.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Tomorrow is one of the busiest days of the year as people try to beat the rush with an early getaway for Easter, the port usually copes well but the A20 is best avoided if at all possible.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
yes howard but usealy blokes Tuesday or wednesday as a rule.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,818
Nearly got side swiped this afternoon by a foreign hgv at snargate roundabout and this was whilst a copper was standing there.The standards of hgv drivers from some countrys is unbelievable at times.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Just had a calll from Brian who cannot get onto the Internet, apparently the A20 is not moving and is backed up as far as Folkestone. Police at the York St roundabout but not at the others. Jubilee way is at a standstill too.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,321
You know what? I'm going to stay indoors and tackle a big pile of ironing. I find that far more exciting than being in tailbacks and traffic jams . Thanks for the info Brian and Howard
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Ian Handley
- Location: Norfolk UK
- Registered: 30 Oct 2013
- Posts: 412
Just to put an additional aspect to this problem; I was contemplating one of my regular visits to the town, but with all the reported problems decided to cancel. - to me that just means coming at some other time - which I would do anyway - to Dover it's the loss of 3 days hotel accommodation plus additional expenditure locally - meals, drinks taxi fares etc. multiply that loss by ? For each person put off by this congestion!
Just a thought.
Ian Handley
Former Operations Controller DHB Terminal Control (1978-1995)
Dover born (1946) & bred, Moved from area in 1999 - family still living in Dover
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The loss to businesses is incalculable, we keep hearing traders complaining about regular customers going elsewhere because of the problem.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
And it's compounded by radio and tv travel bulletins telling everyone how bad the traffic is- even when it isn't.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
Oh dear - Gridlock!
This is how the situation looks...picture from about 20 mins ago. Not good.
Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
- Posts: 1,031
Last night at 6pm the queue for Whitfield roundabout started at Coldred, and at 10pm all the A20 traffic was coming via Folkestone Road and York St.
This morning Simon Calder on BBC Breakfast was advising anyone wanting a last minute short European break over Easter to avoid trains and planes and travel via Dover, as the only route with spare capacity - look out!
Edit - post above appeared as I was typing, they obviously took his advice
Ian Handley- Location: Norfolk UK
- Registered: 30 Oct 2013
- Posts: 412
Picture above taken at just about what would have been my arrival time at the Premiere Inn!!!
Ian Handley
Former Operations Controller DHB Terminal Control (1978-1995)
Dover born (1946) & bred, Moved from area in 1999 - family still living in Dover
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
just got back from a quick trip to town,the problem is I got to town ok via miliatry hill,it was coming back along snargate street with lorries using roundabouts for u-turns.the good news part is the police are on York street and union street diverting lorries away of the roundabout.no police at limekiln street absolute chaos until you get to western hieghts roundabout with police manning it.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
all we need know to cap it off is a French strike,and a majour accident just past samphire hoe.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
I've just attempted to come down Jubilee Way and had to turn round because the (DHB ?) Police were stopping traffic from entering the docks from both the A20 Townwall Street and Jubilee Way, so nothing was moving. The queues were building up quite quickly too.
I would guess that most of the cars trying to come down Jubilee Way were not going into the Docks, but were stuck behind the lorries and going no where; quite a few did the same as me and turned round and went round the back of the Castle.
Pity they can't change going down Jubilee into a two-lane road as nothing was coming up, this way at least local traffic can still move.
Roger
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
We really do have the worst and most stupid highway management people in Europe. Have just read a sign on the road by the A20 on the road from Capel to Dover saying in English that the road had no access to the docks through Dover. All they had to do was put a sign showing a truck with a red line through it and every truck driver would have understood it, but putting it in English is absolutely pointless as most HGV drivers heading for the docks would not have a clue what it says.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Saw that yesterday and thought exactly the same, just made things more complicated.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,039
Anyone know when will traffic stop being diverted along Folkestone Road every night?
