Dover-bound traffic is being held up due to heavy congestion, days after Operation Brock was dismantled.

Put in place this afternoon, the Dover Traffic Access Protocol (TAP) is slowing motorists approaching Dover via the A20.

It means a 40mph speed restriction will apply to all vehicles approaching Dover from the west and, in the event of a major build-up, temporary traffic lights will be used to stem the number of lorries entering the town.

Kent County Council stated there were "heavy freight volumes" and the measure had been taken "to prevent port-bound traffic from disrupting the local road network and the A20 through Dover town".

It is not known when TAP will be rescinded, or whether it is due to the removal over the weekend of the M20 contraflow system between Ashford and Maidstone.

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