Traffic chaos at Dover and the Channel Tunnel with drivers facing more than two hours of delays

Motorists are being warned to count on hours of delays as site visitors chaos hits the county once more.

As of seven.30am the Dover Visitors Entry Protocol (TAP) scheme on the A20 has been carried out resulting from excessive numbers of freight autos.

The scheme on the A20 at Aycliffe is commonly introduced in when there’s a danger of congestion within the city centre due to excessive volumes of lorries seeking to cross the Channel into Europe.

The city has been the scene of site visitors chaos up to now few weeks – with a critical incident declared last month.

Drivers are additionally being instructed to count on a ready time of two hours and half-hour on the Eurotunnel service at Folkestone due to excessive demand at check-in and border management.

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Dover TAP was first launched in 2015 as a method of stopping port certain site visitors disrupting the native street community.

The scheme is on, a 40mph pace restriction, which applies to all autos approaching Dover by way of the A20, is launched.

Lorry drivers are requested to stay within the left lane of the A20, from the Roundhill Tunnel, and queue till they attain the port.

It comes after final week holidaymakers and hauliers alike were stuck for hours on roads resulting in the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel at Folkestone final week, only a day after colleges broke up for the summer time break.

Ferries had been reporting delays of greater than 5 hours, with the reason for the chaos blamed on under staffing at border control, in addition to extra checks following Britain’s exit from the EU.

A Eurotunnel spokesman stated: “Eurotunnel apologises any further ready time clients might expertise

“Following in a single day works to restore a piece of monitor resulting in the upkeep yard on the French terminal, Eurotunnel providers are operating barely behind timetable this morning.

“Further departures are being ready and regular service shall be resumed in the course of the morning.”