The planned £250m lorry park off the M20 has been put on hold by the Government
The former Chancellor George Osborne proposed the lorry park at Stamford West, Kent, during 2015's Autumn Statement after the disruption that summer due to industrial action by French ferry workers and migrant activity in Calais. This caused a massive impact on businesses in the local areas from Maidstone to Dover. It meant that Operation Stack created 3,000 parking spaces for trucks on the motorway and closing the coast bound carriageway. The lorry park proposal proved unpopular with nearby residents, and in October last year was subjected to a judicial review.
The Department for Transport has confirmed that the Government will go back to the drawing board for an alternative solution.
The government will continue to look at a permanent solution to operation stack through planning applications for a lorry park. However, next year a contraflow system will be put in place on the M20, which will allow two-way traffic to move easily without the need to use local A roads to manage the traffic.
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