Focus on Operation Stack  

Delivering a long term solution to the problems created by Operation Stack remains one of the big infrastructure challenges facing our area. Improved co-ordination between the Kent police, Highways Agency, Channel Tunnel and Dover port, has meant we have avoided over the last couple of years some of the chronic delays of the recent past. However, we know that our roads remain vulnerable to the impact of prolonged bad weather at sea or strike action. Earlier in the year I organised a meeting in Folkestone which brought together all of the key people and organisations that are involved in dealing with Operation Stack to discuss how we could find the best possible solution. On Tuesday this week, I attended a follow up meeting at the Department for Transport in London to bring this to the attention of senior Government advisors. One of the points I was keen to stress is that we have to consider...