Andrew Drury

The M20 MOTORWAY was built to cater for the continuing increase in traffic along the A20, now it seems that we are taking steps backwards... surely the M20 was never built to be a car (Lorry) park?

As a resident of Maidstone and an owner of a second home in France, I have missed on several occasions my ferry crossing as a result of traffic build-up on the two-lane alternative to the coast-bound highway, accidents in this section have only exasperated the impact.

Having to go several miles in the wrong direction to join the motorway due to the closure of slip roads has a significant cost associated with it as does the increased environmental impact.

More often than not, the coastal bound motorway is empty or with just a single lorry trundling along it while the opposite lanes are crammed with vehicles, many of which are lorries, thereby reducing the separation between cars and lorries.

The whole installation smacks of permanence and a knee-jerk reaction to the whims of French activities, rules and petulance... I don't hear that the same problem exists in France.. there has to be a better way

Regards

Andrew