- Dover TAP scheme implemented to ease traffic congestion
- Long wait times frustrate vacationers and freight carriers
- Passengers assured of rebooking if they miss their ferry
The Dover TAP scheme has been implemented for the day, requiring lorries to stay in the left lane of the A20 so that traffic can travel freely in other lanes – or face a fine.
Vacationers and freight companies are frustrated by the hours-long lineups at the Port of Dover.
The Kent port reports that French border police checks take 90 minutes for automobile passengers and two hours for truckers.
In a message to waiting passengers, the port stated, “Today is already proving to be a popular travel day at Dover, and the port is processing heavy tourist traffic.”
Teams from the port, Police aux Frontières, also our ferry operators are collaborating to expedite your passage.
During Easter earlier in the year, some passengers on carriages were forced to wait up to ten hours to be processed while waiting to board ferries.
French border officers must verify and stamp British passports before boarding boats due to Brexit, which delays the port.
The Dover Traffic Assessment Project (TAP), a temporary solution to reduce peak-hour traffic, is active today.
HGV drivers must stay in the left lane of the port road to let local traffic pass.
DFDS, a major ferry operator between Dover and Calais, will rebook delayed passengers on the next available journey.
