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Logistics UK bemoans Brock truck queues

[ April 1, 2026   //   Chris Lewis ]

With the Operation Brock truck queuing scheme due to come into force on Dover and Folkestone approaches on the M20 this Easter weekend, Logistics UK says that the  system epitomises the piecemeal and short-term approach policy makers take to ageing transport infrastructure.

Head of trade policy James Mills called for a permanent solution to the unavoidable congestion, describing Operation Brock as “an inefficient and expensive workaround for an issue that our sector has been raising with government for years, with over £3 million of public money spent last year alone deploying the scheme.
“As the delays that occur every Bank Holiday show, a permanent solution at the border is long overdue, one that is befitting of the strategic importance of the Short Straits crossings to the UK’s economy, and where HGV drivers can wait with access to proper toilet facilities, hot food and somewhere to rest – something every other worker in the country takes for granted.”

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