Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,039
#1
Are the police still checking lorries on the A20 because of the heightened terror alert?
HGVs are using Foklketsone Road as a rat run all night and they have no business being there - besides which they are defeating the checks, and this making them ineffective.
Surely the police should be stopping them going this way?
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
#2
Overnight closures while new signage works are completed, diversion is Folkestone rd until end of July.
Where the police carrying out checks?
Arte et Marte
Guest 1831- Registered: 1 Sep 2016
- Posts: 395
#3
Folkestone Road from Townside completely closed due to accident.
Anyone know what this is about.
You have to have sympathy for anyone who lives on or near this road.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#4
Back to normal now, a car was upside down at the junction with Malvern Road.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#5
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
Totally astonished that the driver was unscathed, someone must have been watching over her.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,397
#7
howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Totally astonished that the driver was unscathed, someone must have been watching over her.
Yeah right! Surely if 'someone was watching over her' he/she/it would have stepped in BEFORE the accident?
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Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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#8
I heard there were police checks last week Reginald because of the terror alert.
Kind of relieved that it is an official diversion but terrible news that this is for 11 weeks.
You cannot even have the window open in hot weather because of the noise.
It seems these diversions are in place more often than not.
No thought for local residents' wellbeing - why can't they use the A2?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#9
Captain Haddock wrote:Yeah right! Surely if 'someone was watching over her' he/she/it would have stepped in BEFORE the accident?
The Bishop moves in mysterious ways, his wonders to perform. Especially in the month of Ramadan.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#10
it gets worce Andrew,so bad as a matter of fact,highways has had to put a tempory gate at the junction on the aycliffe roundabout.to stop hgv's going up the estate which in fact a large cul-de- sac.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#11
Andrew Stucken wrote:I heard there were police checks last week Reginald because of the terror alert.
Kind of relieved that it is an official diversion but terrible news that this is for 11 weeks.
You cannot even have the window open in hot weather because of the noise.
It seems these diversions are in place more often than not.
No thought for local residents' wellbeing - why can't they use the A2?
Perhaps the £20 you won on the Dover Striker today will make you feel better?
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,039
#12
Ah that makes it all so much better Karlos.
£1,000 would be better still..
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#13
more hgv's for Folkestone road tonight,highways have closed/shut the a20 at the western hieghts roundabout until 0600 tomorrow morning
