KentOnline

bannermobile

News

Sport

Business

What's On

Advertise

Contact

Other KM sites

CORONAVIRUS WATCH KMTV LIVE SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERS LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS LISTEN TO KMFM
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
Business

Eurotunnel adds five access lanes from M20 and able to take more trucks from Folkestone

By: Chris Price

Published: 12:20, 15 February 2016

Eurotunnel will be able to take 300 vehicles an hour through its terminal in Folkestone after launching a new check-in for trucks and addings five access lanes.

The expansion, part of its Terminal 2015 project, has seen the Channel Tunnel operator buy three new freight shuttles as it aims to increase flow rates.

The five new access lanes will speed traffic off the M20 at junction 11A and lead to improved motoring conditions for local communities.

Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone

The new check-in facility will allow Eurotunnel to process enough trucks to fill a shuttle departure every seven and a half minutes.

Chairman and chief executive Jacques Gounon said: “The UK economy continues to grow and trade with Europe is a huge part of that.

“This new access and check-in facility for trucks will ensure that Eurotunnel is in good shape to carry the commercial loads that the UK economy generates and will help keep traffic flowing in Kent.”

More by this author

sticky

© KM Group - 2024