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. 
