'Tis the season to deploy Brock14/12/2022 National Highways has deployed the Operation Brock contraflow system on the M20 in Kent after heavy snow scuppered a plan to implement the system on Sunday night. |
PM gives little assurance as talks continue over French travel ban21/12/2020 Prime minister Boris Johnson was unable to give any assurances over the ongoing 48-hour travel ban imposed on UK passengers and freight travelling to France but suggested a solution could be close. |
Millions wasted as Operation Brock replaced with moveable barrier19/02/2020 The Government has been criticised for spending tens of millions on Operation Brock on the M20 only to tear it up and replace it with 'a new system' that has been on the market for over a decade and had even previously been used on the same motorway. |
Get Brock (un)done: £30m M20 barrier to be removed10/01/2020 Highways England has announced details of work to remove the steel barrier on the M20 in Kent, installed last year as part of Operation Brock at a cost of around £30m. |
Kent CC Q and A: Life before and after Brexit16/08/2018 After speaking to various insiders, Highways received the following responses from a Kent spokesman to our questions on post-Brexit planning, Operations Stack and Brock, the M20 and channel crossings. |
M20 could be a lorry park for years after Brexit, councils warn01/08/2018 The M20 could see lorries parked up along its hard shoulder for many years after Brexit as traffic issues at the Port of Dover may not be solved until 2023 at the earliest, councils have warned. |
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