Free Kent from the tyranny of Operation Brock!

Operation Brock is a calamity, however you look at it. Local residents are facing multifaceted negatives. We are impacted upon by the traffic, which switches to local roads, in terms of pollution, cost (it takes longer to get everywhere so you are burning more fuel), unable to use our single track local roads because impacted traffic is redirected, by their SatNavs, on to roads that are not able to cope. We have huge articulated lorries trying to get up lanes that can barely cope with a transit van.
it takes longer to get everywhere, and sometimes it is almost impossible to get anywhere, resulting in missed appointments etc. Deliveries and workman can’t get to us so that has to all be rescheduled

The environmental impact on residents has yet to be quantified, but it is certainly going to a huge negative. More CO2 spewed into the air impacting upon, humans, wildlife and flora; human waste by the side of the motorway, because the lorry drivers have no facilities is a source of disease etc etc

Local business losing money caused by heavy traffic and gridlock.

Absolutely NO thought is given to the impact on local residents in the Government’s dogmatic desire to get holidaymakers off for their 2 weeks in the sun. All the narrative is about how we must help the holiday makers so they can relax and unwind “everybody deserves a break, it’s good for our mental health”. What about local residents mental health and well being? Brock was supposed to be a temporary measure. It’s almost a permanent fixture now and there is no respite for us.

We are the “front line state” for people entering the country illegally; we have Brock, we have the worst water shortages in the country. When will the Government put in the infrastructure to alleviate the problems of local people in Kent? Certainly not in the short term, because they are so busy “ levelling up” the North. The Conservatives depend on the South East of England to keep them in power. Instead of making gains in the Red Wall, you want start worrying about losing your Blue Wall.

Free Kent from the tyranny of Operation Brock!