Plans to avoid holidaymakers getting stuck in hours-long queues for post-Brexit border checks at Dover or the Eurotunnel this summer could involve driving to a different site, 20 miles from the port.
Entry-Exit System (EES) checks were suspended by French authorities at Dover last weekend after passengers were trapped in their cars in traffic jams of more than five hours in sweltering heat.
It has raised fears in Kent that EES biometric checks will cause summer travel mayhem when millions of holidaymakers pour through the town.
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At its recent annual meeting, Kent County Council (KCC) heard how disruption at Dover and the Eurotunnel can already lead to delayed ambulances, fire engines stuck in traffic, missed hospital appointments and children unable to get to school.
