Truckers trying to find Brexit lorry park next to Junction 10a in Ashford spark chaos in Mersham
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Updated: 14:58, 07 January 2021
Confused truckers trying to find a huge Brexit lorry park are getting lost in a nearby village - making houses shake and churning up grass verges.
Angry residents in Mersham near Ashford say they are living in a total nightmare as HGV drivers head to the 66-acre facility next to Junction 10a of the M20.
Part of the village green was churned up when a trucker tried to reverse. Picture: Cllr Paul Bartlett
But since then, residents have been faced with dozens of lorries heading into Mersham as truckers try to find the controversial facility off the A2070 link road.
HGV drivers need Kent Access Permits to leave country from Dover and Folkestone says county s Resilience Forum
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Updated: 15:52, 06 January 2021
HGV drivers are being reminded of the need a valid Kent Access Permit before entering the county.
This is particularly with traffic levels expected to increase in the days and weeks to come.
Lorry drivers coming to places such as Dover docks need a permit to enter Kent
Kent Resilience Forum says most truckers heading for the European Union have been abiding by the regulations introduced following the end of the EU transition period.
This means there have not yet been any serious problems on Kentâs roads.
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Boris Johnson can terminate the Brexit trade agreement with only one year s notice, professor Catherine Barnard has explained. Speaking to the Future Relationship with the European Union Committee, she outlined the elements which could spark an end to the agreement struck only two weeks ago. Ms Barnard said: I think this deal is actually very unstable.
Photo credit: Port of Dover
The government is taking further steps to get hauliers tested before they travel to Kent or any other port going to France, in an effort to reduce disruption to drivers as they transport goods across the Channel.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the creation of twenty new testing locations across the UK.
The Department for Health and Social Care will support the testing initiative by providing testing kits, and is urging businesses to take advantage of the initiative to avoid further delays in Kent or at any other public sites.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “If we are to keep traffic flowing in Kent, it is essential drivers are tested before they travel down to the area and that they have a Kent Access Permit before heading to the border.”
Police have already caught 84 lorry drivers entering Kent without access permits newly required for travel to France. The enforcement notices were issued in collaboration with the DVLA between New Year’s Day as January 6, as post-Brexit arrangements came into force. A further 29 drivers were found to have breached traffic regulation orders, which included attempting to bypass the Operation Brock queue by accessing the M20 contraflow or using the A20 as an illegal shortcut. A number of others were also stopped for exceeding their permitted drivers’ hours. HGV drivers must have a Kent Access Permit if they are over 7.5 tonnes and leaving the country via the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel.