Working From Home

My husband started a new job working from home, 3 weeks ago, as Operation Brock was taking a toll on him, driving back daily from Surrey. It would routinely take 4 hours on the return journey but only 1.5 hrs in the morning. Coming back from Portsmouth one time, it took him 6 hours to get home, because of an accident in the contraflow. It could sometimes be quicker to come off the M25 and drive home by A and B roads, instead of using M25-M26-M20. I would use Traffic England and call him morning and evening with updates. We stopped going shopping at weekends because of HGVs parked up everywhere. If husband was driving cross country, he would pick up shopping on the way or he would use supermarkets near the M20 if traffic wasn't so bad. Getting around Kent is more difficult. Foreign HGVs try to beat Brock by using the A20 and A251. The diversions are complicated e.g. Hawkinge and Cheriton. People heading for France on holiday don't all need to leave on the same weekend. Ferries could offer discounts for people booking later in the summer. Most are only going away for a week or two not the entire school holidays. Towns should have red routes for buses, taxis, emergency vehicles and there should be traffic routes around Kent for locals.