The M20 Operation Brock contraflow has been activated with six miles of lorries queuing for the Port of Dover or the Eurotunnel at Folkestone

The activation comes after a massive six hour delay on the Eurotunnel on Monday afternoon being cited as a technical fault that continued into the early hours of Tuesday. Coastguard teams could be seen from the bridges with food packages and water for HGV driver who are destine to spend the night in Brock. National Highways and Kent Resilience Forum said it the deployed from Monday, December 12 was to manage expected “high passenger numbers” over the Christmas period.

The system, which aims to prevent the M20 from becoming a freight lorry park for truckers heading across the Channel