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  #27 "When decisions on the Port's future is determined, perhaps the Western Docks/T2 could be worked on (unlike others, I do believe the Western Docks/T2 should be started asap so that it will be completed soon after Calais development - Calais know how to access EU funding, something that we don't seem to have learned yet, so we can equal their capacity or we will find less will come through Dover, instead of more)."
  
  Have to disagree with you there, Roger. Dover does not neeed T2 for at least a decade, if ever, and to build it now would just be to construct a white elephant consuming resources and duplicating the capacity in the Eastern Docks. Dover is in a much more fortunate position than Calais in that all the piers have been extended to handle the largest ferries using the port and nothing larger is contemplated for a great many years to come. Calais is limited by the fact that all their berths are in a long line and cannot be extended. A few years ago the port almost shut down when one berth was out for maintenance and another one had a catastrophic failure. The Calais Port 2015 project will see an additional port being built out into the sea and they will then be able to handle all the ferries currently in service and any future larger ones should that ever happen, plus a cruise berth and extra cargo capacity. Basically they are playing catch-up.

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