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Missing Family Time

Operation Brock has meant that my husband is later home every night as he works in ashford. Not only this, 8 weeks ago I had our first baby and the fact that it takes my husband 15-20 mins extra time added a lot of stress to my labour as I was worried about him getting back in time. Most of the time you drive along the motorway there are t any lorries using brock anyway.

Misery for the people of Kent

I live in Bearsted (Maidstone) and work in Ashford, my normal journey between jct 8 and Jct 9 has been absolute misery for the past 5 years. We first had to deal with traffic caused while the system was built, next was the implementation phase, then the in use phase followed by the mens when it is stored away (Usually only for a short period).A journey that could take 25 mins before this poorly thought out disaster now takes 45 mins if I am lucky. Firstly I cannot enter at Jct 8 anymore so I have to travel to jct…

A long commute and Kent based businesses stung

Adding extensive time onto my commute from Maidstone to Ashford since Spring this year. In addition to this it also affects Kent based businesses such as the Aspinal foundation in peak periods. The only bonus is the mpg for the 50 mph speed limit - and that’s the only benefit.

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