Traffic chaos
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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19 January 2023 15:11379973I seem to remember a few border melt downs ago that one of the problems was that the PAF were unable to man all the control points they already had.
All to do with them insisting on traveling through the Tunnel to get stuck in the very queue they were supposed to be clearing?
I'm not sure how £45 million to buy extra desks and a couple of traffic cones is going too help!
'If no one went no faster than what I do there'd be a sight less trouble in this world' - 19 January 2023 20:46379976HAD TO GO TO THE W.H. TODAY IT WAS NO FUN, WHEN WE GOT THERE THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THE CAR PARKS BECAUSE OF AL THE CARS THEY CLOSED ALL THE CARPARKS IT WAS CHAOS, I AM DISABLED AND NO ROOM AND I HAD TO WALK OVER 30MINS STOPPING AFTER A FEW YARDS
THENGOAFE - 19 January 2023 21:22379977Button wrote:Prevention rather than cure, I guess: "£45m [levelling-up money] to help the Port of Dover operate more efficiently, including adding more border control points." Or as Mrs E puts it: "help Keep Dover Clear". Not an insignificant sum when you consider nearly £27m buys a roll-on, roll-off ferry for Fair Isle in Shetland and £50m goes on Crossrail Cardiff - a new train line between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Central Station.
It's a Brexit bonus of a kind, I suppose. Just happens to be one that costs us yet more money. - 19 January 2023 21:29379978Captain Haddock wrote:I seem to remember a few border melt downs ago that one of the problems was that the PAF were unable to man all the control points they already had.
All to do with them insisting on traveling through the Tunnel to get stuck in the very queue they were supposed to be clearing?
I'm not sure how £45 million to buy extra desks and a couple of traffic cones is going too help!
I regulary worked with Border Force senior managers who were more than happy to use the threat of disruption caused by reduced manning in Coquelles to press for enhanced data flows from the French systems. The difference now is that they really don't care quite as much. - 20 January 2023 08:34379979Apparently Barton Road is closed because of a fire.
Traffic is backed up on the A2 from Guston back to Whitfield. - Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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20 January 2023 09:39379980Just left there
Really bad fire
Over six fire engines
Road closed that part
Hope every safe looks a bad fire still smokingALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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20 January 2023 09:44379982I remember there was a very large nasty fire along there a few years ago.
I think the buses are going up Melborne to Whitfield and coming into town via Connaught Hill.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Location: london
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21 January 2023 07:11379988It's understood to have h a d a police raid few weeks earlierALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS