Drivers in Dover faced major delays today, with some facing seven to eight hour waits trying to reach France through the Channel Tunnel.
with bosses claiming they had been ‘let down’ by French border control, who operate on the English side.
According to them, French border cops were unable to deploy at full capacity in Dover until more than an hour later than planned because of the fault. ‘The increase in traffic for this weekend was fully anticipated and a suitable deployment was prepared,’ he said in a statement this afternoon.There are currently queues of up to 4/5 hrs to clear the approach roads & border checks in Dover.Rest assured, if you miss your sailing you will be on the next available one‘Based on a close analysis of predicted traffic, the plan was to have all the police booths manned by 8:30am.
But EuroTunnel responded by saying the incident had absolutely nothing to do with a malfunction on its end.: ‘The incident at the port started overnight well before a minor technical incident in the Channel Tunnel.
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