Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,922
Just think how many lorries would fit into Samphire Hoe if it wasn't a nature area and had better access.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
Pity they don't divert them into Kent Showground at Detling when it's not being used.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
cant they divert them all to hull via Westminster,the government seat.
Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
- Posts: 1,031
Good timing, wrong town?
Neighbourhood Forum Community Meeting - Deal & Walmer Area
Date Tuesday 3 March 2015
Venue St Georges Church, High Street, Deal, CT14 6BA
Time 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
Topic Traffic, Transport and Highways
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
if there is anything to go by like the past few days,i cant see many people dover getting there if going by car or bus.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,827
Theres been some trucks ending up in some interesting places through trying to make shortcuts.Just the other day one ended up in Kings road, Elms Vale and then decided to turn around,it got stuck and if that wasnt enough it also ran out of Diesel.There was one stuck in Church road,couldnt get round the corner and i even heard of one trying to get through the lanes of Hougham.It doesnt help that quite a few still use standard car sat-navs which are pretty useless in an hgv.
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
- Posts: 759
there is a petition going ..its gone viral on one day over 300 signatures.. and yes something needs to be done but not in Dover....
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou ☺🌈🌄🌌🌏🌍🌎
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
Well done Jen Sutton for starting it off. Signed.
Guest 1103- Registered: 3 Nov 2013
- Posts: 759
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou ☺🌈🌄🌌🌏🌍🌎
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
On Thursday evening two of my colleagues were due to catch the ferry to France, so they pre .planned their journey to the docks in view of Op Stack.. To their surprise they got straight to the booths and within 15 minutes were aboard a ferry. Imagine their surprise when the ferry sailed whilst virtually empty, they have the photos to prove it. This despite many trucks being parked on the motorway. Someone somewhere needs to get their act together so that this fiasco which impacts so much on drivers and Dovorians alike is never repeated.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
On Thursday evening two of my colleagues were due to catch the ferry to France, so they pre .planned their journey to the docks in view of Op Stack.. To their surprise they got straight to the booths and within 15 minutes were aboard a ferry. Imagine their surprise when the ferry sailed whilst virtually empty, they have the photos to prove it. This despite many trucks being parked on the motorway. Someone somewhere needs to get their act together so that this fiasco which impacts so much on drivers and Dovorians alike is never repeated.
Guest 1348- Registered: 20 Sep 2014
- Posts: 276
Going to and from Folkestone today there are lorries parked on roundabouts and slip roads which is just daft tbh.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
That happens because the lorrys are booked to take that ship but cannot get into the port.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
And because they have run out of hours on their tachos.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
What happens when a booking is made and a truck doesn't show up?
If the haulier is still charged this will eat into their margins, equally if the ferry companies don't charge they will be running at a loss.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Trucks are either prebooked but not to a particular time or they like the company I drive for have a P&O credit card or the vehicle registered to DFDS.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
So if ferry operators only invoice hauliers when trucks make a crossing then the ferry on Thursday must have run up a big loss thanks to the ttraffic situation that they have no control over.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
This seems the most feasible plan to me but the head honcho at Shepway disagrees.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/kcc-lorry-park-plan-for-30846/Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Cllr Monk needs to get his head out of his proverbial and look at how much this congestion impacts on his businesses and residents, seems like a viable solution to me.
Arte et Marte
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
and me.
