Traffic control aims to preventBrexit Surrounding interference Port of Dover Its “sunset clause” will be cancelled, allowing emergency measures to be used indefinitely.
This means the implementation of traffic reconfiguration M20 Once the law changes, it will be able to continue past the current October 31 deadline Congressman Back from their summer vacation.
The UK Department of Transport (DfT) stated that the negotiated changes will allow Operation Block to be used to deal with “any type of traffic disruption in the area”, not just traffic disruptions related to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Fearing that Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union might lead to the interruption of cross-strait trade, Kent introduced traffic management measures.
Operation Block will remain temporary and will only be used when there is a significant risk of delay
The Kent Pass-truck drivers must obtain a permit before entering the southeast county of England-and Operation Block are part of domestic mitigation measures.
Operation Brock consists of a series of concrete barriers that allow trucks to stop on one side of the M20 to enter the Port of Dover, while other traffic continues to flow through the restricted narrow lane countercurrent system on the other side.
A movable barrier– flight duration It was announced in April that it would be dismantled and stored on a hard shoulder for future needs-installed on the highway between intersections 8 and 9 as a countercurrent system for operation.
The Bullock action legislation was first implemented in 2019 to prepare for a possible no-deal divorce with Brussels, and it will be updated in 2020 before the end of the transition period and again in 2021 in response to the French border that was closed due to fear. A variant of the British Alpha coronavirus-formerly known as the Kent mutation.
Ministers held consultations in May and June to solicit opinions on the proposal to “include the Block Action in a sustainable long-term traffic management plan”, which will involve the abolition of existing sunset clauses, which would otherwise mean that the legislation will Expires in November.
The advisory clause stated that the change would mean that “Operation Brock” could “continue to be used as an emergency traffic management measure in response to interference in the future”-the department said that this move caused a “positive” response.
Officials said that, therefore, the statutory instrument-legal changes that do not require the introduction of a new law-will be submitted to Parliament next month and will be debated in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport said: “The Block Operation measures will remain temporary and will only be used when there is a significant risk of delay.
“Although Operation Block was originally designed to respond to the EU withdrawal and the destruction caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, removing the sunset clause from Operation Block will mean that the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) can better deal with any type of the region The traffic disruption in China is not only related to EU withdrawal, including strikes and severe weather.”
