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Was meant to be temporary

This "temporary" solution has now become a permanent fixture on the motorway causing traffic jams, increasing pollution, increasing travel times, damages peoples work life balance, can be easily be seen as a cash trap for to charge people going slightly over 50 on a motorway and is clear to see by locals and the country that it is not fit for purpose.

I like many others have been caught in huge delays due to traffic jams as there is no hard should for broken down vehicles, this easily turns what used to be a 25 min commute into and 90 min one. I have now started leaving at 7am in order to get to work on time at 8:30 as breakdowns are far to common and I like many others cannot keep turning up to work late due to the incompetence of a 'solution' that is no longer fit for purpose.

I can't speak for others but a large amount of frustration comes from the fact that Brock was meant to temporary, yet it only gets back to normal for less than a few weeks before its back again, the time it takes to remove it is weeks and yet the installation is within hours over night. This frustrates me as again it disrupts my work, my home life, fuel consumption and the environment and it irks me that no-one has thought of a permanent solution to this blight on the M20.

There must be some land that can be purchased or rented in order to build a sufficient lorry park in the area, all the while I drive along the M20 I see lots of unused land not being used for Agricultural means. This would then provide a safe place for the lorry divers to park, do the checks, you could even place facilities in there such as bathrooms, showers and even a place for a hot meal for the poor drivers who have reported been sat on the motorway for days at a time at its worst.

A serious rethink of this "temporary" project needs to be had as this is not a good local for the government, local councils. Its not healthy for the local residents or lorry drivers and by finding a new solution it would vastly improve the lives of many in the South East.


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