Traffic chaos
- Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,225
16 February 2024 10:37383841God help you if you live in Heathfield Avenue or Crabble Avenue, Sat Navs won't send you on a 5or6 mile detour when those two routes are available!Arte et Marte - Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
16 February 2024 19:36383843Karlos wrote:Buckland Avenue roadworks
This is going to a nightmare closing the main road through the town for a month.
A256 Buckland Avenue will be closed between the junctions of Brookfield Avenue and Lorne Road, from 2nd April 2024, with estimated completion by 3rd May 2024.
Not to mention the displacement of parking!(Not my real name.) - 16 February 2024 20:00383845I would have thought parking could have been suspended and one lane kept open for traffic. Closing the whole road is a joke.
Presumably some idiot in a Maidstone office has rubber stamped this.The Gov and Reginald Barrington like this - Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,301
17 February 2024 07:43383847That'll beggar up the buses!The Gov and Button like thisQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
17 February 2024 07:57383848Terry Nunn wrote:That'll beggar up the buses!
Very good point - I'd completely missed that!
Of course, any bus patrons living in River will be okay, what with the St Rads routing and all. Those living on the Buckland estate, maybe not so much?(Not my real name.) - Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 2,980
6 March 2024 12:41384033Gearing up...
victor matcham likes this'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus - Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,823
7 March 2024 07:21384046Did I see jubilee way is closing for a few days?
That will cause some problemsALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 7 March 2024 09:04384051The A20 is closed from Woolcomber Street to the docks Saturday night.
- Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
8 March 2024 17:19384062Regarding the fun due in October with the EU's new EES scheme, Deal and Walmer councillor Trevor Bond is reported as suggesting that the juxtaposed controls be taken away so the biometric checks are carried out on European soil.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/dire-warnings-of-traffic-chaos-when-new-eu-rules-are-introdu-303102/(Not my real name.) - Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
13 March 2024 17:47384074In the HoC:
Nat: "Later this year, a new digital EU border system will come in, yet key changes that are required and key details have still not been decided by the EU. Urgent decisions are needed on additional funding and preparation to keep Dover clear and traffic moving through Kent. Can my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister assure me that this issue is being taken seriously at the highest levels of Government, and that funding and support will be made available to keep Dover clear, support the residents of Dover and Deal—and Kent—and secure our vital cross-channel trade and tourism? "
PM: "My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue, and I assure her that it is being discussed at the highest levels of Government between UK Ministers and our EU and French counterparts to make sure that we have practical and constructive solutions that will ease the flow of traffic in the way that she describes and benefit her local community."
Fingers crossed then!(Not my real name.) - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,848
13 March 2024 18:21384075Button wrote:Deal and Walmer councillor Trevor Bond is reported as suggesting that the juxtaposed controls be taken away so the biometric checks are carried out on European soil.
Coincidentaly I had a breakfast meeting with Trevor last Saturday (breakfast muffin and coffee - £4.01 - Deal 'spoons) where fortunately he did not bring up his suggestion - before flying off to Australia for three weeks.
I look forward to him explaining how his suggestion could possibly work on his return!
"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds" - 13 March 2024 18:463840761 - The juxtaposed borders were introduced to stop the illegal immigrants
2 - The border was ready back in 2019 for all these shenanigans, anyway. At least, that's what I read - Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
13 March 2024 21:28384077#932 the juxtaposed controls at Eurotunnel terminals pre-date the migrant crises and juxtaposed controls on the ferry routes were introduced to match the commercial advantage of the Eurotunnel ones. I doubt the border (at Dover anyway) was ready for EES in 2019, mainly because I can't recall any difference from 2018 and PoD have been vexed about the issue for a while now - since at least 2021 according to their Annual Reports.(Not my real name.) - 15 March 2024 19:14384098@933
It's clear that juxtaposed borders were introduced with the intention of stopping illegal immigration, crises or not. Removing those borders would only encourage more illegal immigrants, in my opinion.
Hopefully the effects of EES will not cause a great deal of disruption, but I post this with fingers crossed rather than actual expectation - Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
15 March 2024 21:46384099#934 I agree that non-juxtaposed controls could assist illegal migration and share your hope that a workable solution to EES is found (although time is fast running out in which to spend the £45m before EES arrives). However, juxtaposed controls for Eurotunnel were mandated in 1986 and I don't recall illegal migration being that much of a problem back then.(Not my real name.) - Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,823
16 March 2024 08:48384104It appears Bob's pet subject is going to crop up in a lot of postings
Thought this was going on around traffic chaos?ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 18 March 2024 10:19384135Buckland Avenue and Brookfield Avenue closed from this morning.
Bus changes:
Buckland Avenue, Dover will be closed from Monday 18th March until Friday 29th March due to SGN replacing essential Gas Mains. The following services listed below will be affected by this closure.
15 Service Dover Bound, After serving the Railway Bell stop service will run via Whitfield Hill/A2/A258/Castle Hill/Connaught Road. Service will resume as normal from Frith Road.
61 Service Town Bound, From Winnant Way roundabout the 61 service will return up Melbourne Hill/Honeywood Road/A2/A258/Castle Hill/Connaught Road. Service will resume as normal from Frith Road.
62 Service Town Bound, At Buckland Bridge the 62 service will turn right onto Crabble Hill and run via Crabble Avenue/Hillside Road/Bunkers Hill/St Radiguns Road/Primrose Road/Coombe Valley Road/Cherry Tree. Service will resume from Barton Road.
88/91Service Dover Bound, After the Railway Bell services will operate via Whitfield Hill/A2/A258/Castle Hill/Connaught Road. Service will resume from frith avenue.
91A/96/981 Service Dover Bound, After serving Honeywood Road service will divert via A2/A258/Castle Hill/Connaught Road. Service will resume from Frith Road.
982/983 Service Dover Bound From Winnant Way Roundabout service will return up Melbourne Hill along A2/A258/Castle Hill/ Connaught Road. Service will resume from Frith RoadButton and Jan Higgins like this - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,848
19 March 2024 00:49384142Faversham and Mid Kent MP Helen Whately slates decision to trigger Operation Brock on the M20 ahead of Easter holidays
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/op-brock-must-only-be-used-for-genuine-emergencies-not-sch-303628/"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds" - 19 March 2024 17:40384151Having just walked along Buckland Avenue, it should still be open as there's still one lane clear and there's no work going on across the end of Brookfield Avenue.
- Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,848
19 March 2024 19:32384154We got TAP https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/part-of-major-route-closed-off-as-dover-tap-brought-in-303700/
AND Brock https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/m20-to-close-tonight-for-operation-brock-303699/
Happy days!"Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds"
