Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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Town roads gridlocked this morning! BBC Radio Kent reporting that Channel Tunnel closed for freight due to emergency engineering works. With Seafrance still out as well, let the chaos begin!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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grim news, is it only for today?
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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Let's hope they get it sorted quickly, Howard! The Tunnel is still open for passenger traffic, but suspended for freight. Hence all the freight traffic heading for Dover, which is of course, running at reduced capacity because of the situation with Seafrance. Just goes to show how fragile our transport infrastructure now is.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Thanks for letting us know that Kevin. Was wondering what the sudden chaos was about. Trucks are queuing all the way up the main road up the hill beyond Aycliffe etc. Yes indeed our transport infrastructure is very fragile and very prone.. Here is a trucker reading War and Peace a few minutes ago while waiting on the main road..
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I see...a flotilla of small craft, laden with the very best that Britain has produced, plying forth across the channel. "We shall freight them on the beaches..."
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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lol! Tom
We will get more of the same next wednesday I suspect with the scheduled strike.
Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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Police presence at junctions with York Street and Leisure Centre appear to have got things moving again, although there is still a stream of traffic heading towards the docks. Hopefully the situation will continue to ease, and that the Tunnel will be back to normal soon.
As Paul states, I suspect we'll be seeing a re-run of this next Wednesday.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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stange that police presance at york street now none there at 10am this morning when i came back from town.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I trust that The Weigh Inn and other local eateries are out there with trays of sarnies & pies,pots of tea and empty water bottles. There is money to be made.
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Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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Oh bliss and joy and we still have wednesday to look forward to
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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while i remeber to,i would like thank eurotunell,bob goldfild and the dhb port of dover and kent police for causing suffering to the dover residents yet again.and what is remarkable they did it whith out of the freanch unions.so a hearty thanks to them all.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i sympathise brian, people in aycliffe must think they are under siege every time this happens.
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