Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#1
just to let you know that the a 20 is at a stand still dock bound,it streches from the docks to courtwood intercahange both lanes.london bound is running ok.so expect heavy traffic in around town for a while.
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
- Posts: 622
#2
Oh dear, gridlock reigns in Dover again. We've been told for the last few months that the port is preparing for a very busy summer with the Olympics, etc. Here we are, the first big holiday weekend of the summer and it's all gone to pot. Goodness knows how we're going to cope with the Olympics if we can't manage a Jubilee weekend and half-term holiday.
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
- Posts: 622
#3
Despite all the "planning" and a travel update on the Port of Dover website warning at 4.15am of limited space on ferries and heavy traffic on the M20, there is no police prescence. One car has just got squashed at the Townwall Street roundabout. Clearly "planning" only goes so far!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#4
an update,police are now on rounabouts keeping them clearish.york street two lanes from roundabout to the discovery center at stand still [0900] but might be clear now as i type.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#5
There are just not enough police to man roundabouts as soon as a queue appears, it will only get worse as the thin blue line gets thinner and thinner.
Audere est facere.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#6
an update.....operation mini stack now in operation.
for those who dont about this,it was somthing that was triald a few years back with police,highways etc.
it involves police holding traffic at the western hights roundabout thus keeping all roads and roundabouts clear for town traffic..
the lorrys are parked back towards courtwood roundabout,but only the inside lane is being used.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#7
keep us informed from your vantage point please brian
quite a knock on effect in town.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#8
still static lorrys on the a 20,police on every roundabout.
it must be bad,an ambulance had to have a police outrider as escort from the western hieghts roundabout towards york street roundabout,with twos and blues going.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#9
after 10 hours still static lorrys on the a 20.
acording the bbc local news the traffic tailed back 8 miles from the docks at its peak.
a slight overkill at the western hieghts roundabout,13 police officers 6 police cars and 1 moter bike.
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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#10
Questions need to be asked! We've been told for months now that everyone is planning, and prepared for, a busy summer with the Olympics, etc. And yet, here we are again, with the same old problem. Once again many people will be leaving Dover with a poor impression of the town. If this was Heathrow Airport, it would be on the national news and Government ministers would be quizzed on why a major piece of national infrastructure cannot cope. Perish the thought that there is ever a major emergency in the town or port. Perhaps then, something would be done.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#11
The Ferries can only go out full, same parking lanes used for each arrival at the berths, if there is sheer volume of traffic what is the answer?
Audere est facere.
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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#12
If there is no answer, we have a summer of chaos to look forward to!
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#13
Half term is always a hectic time for the Port, this time coupled with a double bank holiday has obviously made it worse.
Audere est facere.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#14
some slightly better news,the que of lorries is decreaseing.spoke to a sargent he reckons the road will clear at aycliffe with an hour and a futher hour before snargate/townwall street clears.only 14 hours of hell with another 2 to go.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#15
Somebody from the HB needs to liaise with the police so the latter can stop/stack the lorries before they hit the town.
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Guest 676- Registered: 1 Jul 2008
- Posts: 521
#16
Jan
We have been saying that for years, but the DHB tell us that its not their problem as the cars and lorries are not customers of the port until they enter the dock gates.
Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 660
#17
And its gonna get a lot worse as the freight business is starting to pick up, also during the Olympics %20 of freight trains on the tunnel have already been cancelled due to the amount of pre booked passenger tickets.
beer the food of the gods
Guest 717- Registered: 16 Jun 2011
- Posts: 468
#18
Stewart where an earth did you hear that?!
Keeps politics to myself
Guest 676- Registered: 1 Jul 2008
- Posts: 521
#19
Said by Bob Goldfield at Dover Town Hall. He also stated that the new dock exit road would get traffic into the port quicker.
Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
#20
I heard that too Stewart, some time ago.
There is the Port of Dover Police who are deployed along the highways surrounding the Town. It seems that the decision to implement op. stack is always taken too late and the town gets blocked up.
Roger
