'As far as we're concerned, everything is going right' Eurotunnel's John Keefe says it's difficult to answer why delays are happening as their 'services are running as they should' 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Waits continue on approach to Eurotunnel - with people stuck in traffic for hoursHere's what she had to say...
"This is being described as unusual for people, and perhaps its due to the start of the summer holidays."Downing Street must"grasp the nettle" and scale up lorry parking to provide a long-term solution to traffic gridlock in Kent rather than the"sticking plaster" approach used currently, transport experts have said.
It involves EU-bound freight traffic using the coastbound carriageway on the M20 where they are queued and released when space at the Port of Dover or the Eurotunnel becomes available. "We recognise that there are significant difficulties on the roads, and it's difficult to answer why they're there because our service is running as it should."
Joe and Janet Harrison are ultimately attempting to reach Austria, and were not hopeful they would make their 1.20pm train to France. "Drivers are now trying to find alternative routes down to the Eurotunnel terminal at J11a on the M20. Holidaymakers are trying to use the M2 and then find ways to 'drop down' into the A20 and the terminal via the back roads.
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