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    Negative impact

    by Frustrated local, almost 4 years ago
    I live in a village that connects to the A20. As soon as the M20 gets restrictions, I may as well forget about driving anywhere. My normal 15 to 20 minute drive is turned into a 40 to 90 minute drive due to the shear volume of traffic attempting to dodge the restrictions. My birthday party was also ruined this year as people were stuck in traffic for up to 3 hours trying to attend and then gave up and went home. The impact on local businesses is massive and I have lost clients due to concerns on travel to... Continue reading
    I live in a village that connects to the A20. As soon as the M20 gets restrictions, I may as well forget about driving anywhere. My normal 15 to 20 minute drive is turned into a 40 to 90 minute drive due to the shear volume of traffic attempting to dodge the restrictions. My birthday party was also ruined this year as people were stuck in traffic for up to 3 hours trying to attend and then gave up and went home. The impact on local businesses is massive and I have lost clients due to concerns on travel to my office, or me being able to get to them. Not mention the impact on emergency services trying to do their duty and get through. All in all it is an absolute disgrace that this happens as frequently as it does, there has got to be other ways to resolve this. Then, when it gets so bad that I get the train, the trains get cancelled and the bus service is now so poor that hardly any busses run that work to people's schedule. What has become of our once decent road and travel network. You should hang your heads in shame.
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    Queues of traffic

    by Andy, almost 4 years ago
    Congestion in Maidstone is a general problem and for me using the A20 towards willington street it is particularly bad on a day to day basis. Add the fact the a huge section of motorway from J8 to J9 is regularly shut adds more traffic to already congested roads.
    Congestion in Maidstone is a general problem and for me using the A20 towards willington street it is particularly bad on a day to day basis. Add the fact the a huge section of motorway from J8 to J9 is regularly shut adds more traffic to already congested roads.
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    Brock is a Bummer

    by Geordiegirl, almost 4 years ago
    Although retired and I can chose when and what times I travel, when Operation Brock is in place, I avoid using the M20 and other nearby A roads like the plague! This means I do not visit the towns and villages accessed by these roads with a consequent loss of business to them. Operation Brock must be causing a severe economic downturn to all the small businesses in those areas by people like me. Additionally when I have been forced by circumstances to use the M20 I have noticed that the signage for the services at junction 8 of the... Continue reading
    Although retired and I can chose when and what times I travel, when Operation Brock is in place, I avoid using the M20 and other nearby A roads like the plague! This means I do not visit the towns and villages accessed by these roads with a consequent loss of business to them. Operation Brock must be causing a severe economic downturn to all the small businesses in those areas by people like me. Additionally when I have been forced by circumstances to use the M20 I have noticed that the signage for the services at junction 8 of the M20 do not make it clear that to rejoin the motorway south drivers need to return to junction 7. Confusing enough for English drivers but doubly so for continental drivers! There really should be more services on the M20 between junction 8 and Dover to accommodate the needs of drivers. It is inhuman to expect them to wait in long traffic queues indefinitely without services.
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    Stop the Brock

    by Nick, almost 4 years ago
    Operation block / stack has been going on for far too many years now. Why are we still using the motorway to try solve the issue? It's a major road to keeping Kent moving

    We live in Lenham just off the A20. Brock causes queues of traffic down the A20, increasing journey times and making it very difficult to pull out of our local roads onto the A20.

    One morning it took me an hour to get to work in Maidstone town, 45 mins of that was just to get from Lenham to the Leeds castle roundabout

    Please stop the... Continue reading
    Operation block / stack has been going on for far too many years now. Why are we still using the motorway to try solve the issue? It's a major road to keeping Kent moving

    We live in Lenham just off the A20. Brock causes queues of traffic down the A20, increasing journey times and making it very difficult to pull out of our local roads onto the A20.

    One morning it took me an hour to get to work in Maidstone town, 45 mins of that was just to get from Lenham to the Leeds castle roundabout

    Please stop the Brock, it's been the norm for far too long




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    Freedom to travel

    by Just me, almost 4 years ago

    Event attendance becomes a trial on how to get there as the A20 alternative route doubles in its use and adds extra fuel costs in relation to continuous speed adherence and therefore extra omissions.Op Brock deters visits to the coast during school holidays as A2 also affected so coastal business suffers and our freedom to go anywhere beyond junction 8 M20 is curtailed.Local roads even more frequently now congested and requiring repair.Noise pollution is increased in urban and rural areas.




    Event attendance becomes a trial on how to get there as the A20 alternative route doubles in its use and adds extra fuel costs in relation to continuous speed adherence and therefore extra omissions.Op Brock deters visits to the coast during school holidays as A2 also affected so coastal business suffers and our freedom to go anywhere beyond junction 8 M20 is curtailed.Local roads even more frequently now congested and requiring repair.Noise pollution is increased in urban and rural areas.




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    Heath emgergency

    by Hollingbourne resident, almost 4 years ago
    I live in Hollingbourne near junction 8 of the motorway, when there is an accident on the motorway from junction 8 to 9 all the traffic has to go on the A20 single lane each way road, due to this we cannot get out of Hollingbourne, after a covid vaccine I had a problem with my heart very fast heart beat, needed to get to my doctors in Lenham, when I tried to drive there the road was at standstill both ways, it was a Friday I had to get to the doctors to get medication, as it was 5.15... Continue reading
    I live in Hollingbourne near junction 8 of the motorway, when there is an accident on the motorway from junction 8 to 9 all the traffic has to go on the A20 single lane each way road, due to this we cannot get out of Hollingbourne, after a covid vaccine I had a problem with my heart very fast heart beat, needed to get to my doctors in Lenham, when I tried to drive there the road was at standstill both ways, it was a Friday I had to get to the doctors to get medication, as it was 5.15 I knew I would never get there before the dispensary closed……luckily I took an extra channel blocker and my heart rate came down to normal, I had to ring 111 on Saturday to get more medication from Morrisons which is quite a long way from here!!

    Another big problem is all the massive lorries taking short cut in this very old village, much to narrow for lorries speeding and damaging the roads and footpaths, there is going to be a very bad accident one day, LORRIES should not come through these old villages as the roads were not built to withstand their weight, that’s why the roads have to be completely shut for repairs making people completely stranded, no shop for three miles and due to road closed the local bus does not run from Hollingbourne to langley through Leeds village as the roads are closed nearly every week.

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    Dangerous

    by Simon10, almost 4 years ago
    The contraflow is dangerous. Not needed and it wont be long until a serious accident happens. HGV ignore the 6’6” in lane 2 all the time. Constant tailgating because of the 50mph.

    Travelling between Ashford and Maidstone everyday just infuriates me. Brock should not be used like this (brock implemented just in case it gets busy because it is the holiday period) All the HGV drivers now know that A20 bypasses Brock. What a great idea….. Kent Resilience Forum isnt working in our best interests and are unfit for purpose.

    The contraflow is dangerous. Not needed and it wont be long until a serious accident happens. HGV ignore the 6’6” in lane 2 all the time. Constant tailgating because of the 50mph.

    Travelling between Ashford and Maidstone everyday just infuriates me. Brock should not be used like this (brock implemented just in case it gets busy because it is the holiday period) All the HGV drivers now know that A20 bypasses Brock. What a great idea….. Kent Resilience Forum isnt working in our best interests and are unfit for purpose.

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    No to Operation Brock.

    by Anne B, almost 4 years ago

    I live in Penenden Heath and work in Headcorn and it never ceases to amaze me the affect of Operation Brock has had on my journey to and fro work over the past years, I feel a lorry Park for the poor drivers is long over due. Whist it is a pain for me and a nuisance, it must be horrendousfor the drivers without proper facilties, i dread to think what they leave on the carriageway.

    I believe this situation has gone on for far too long .

    I live in Penenden Heath and work in Headcorn and it never ceases to amaze me the affect of Operation Brock has had on my journey to and fro work over the past years, I feel a lorry Park for the poor drivers is long over due. Whist it is a pain for me and a nuisance, it must be horrendousfor the drivers without proper facilties, i dread to think what they leave on the carriageway.

    I believe this situation has gone on for far too long .

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    Constant delay/traffic

    by Chrissie, almost 4 years ago
    I live at J10 and work at J5.


    Traffic and speed restrictions means by journey time 5x a week has nearly doubled. Whenever there is a broken down vehicle or extra traffic or crash, I can be stuck for ages with no reprieve. Taking the A20 is slower and now even worse as well now there ate constant roadworks.

    I live at J10 and work at J5.


    Traffic and speed restrictions means by journey time 5x a week has nearly doubled. Whenever there is a broken down vehicle or extra traffic or crash, I can be stuck for ages with no reprieve. Taking the A20 is slower and now even worse as well now there ate constant roadworks.

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    Log jams the local area

    by Geoff, almost 4 years ago
    We live near junction 7 of the M20. When Brocknis in place large volumes of traffic use New Cut Road to join/leave the M20. This causes gridlock, noise, pollution and makes getting anywhere a nightmare.

    Worse still, it is 24/7.

    We live near junction 7 of the M20. When Brocknis in place large volumes of traffic use New Cut Road to join/leave the M20. This causes gridlock, noise, pollution and makes getting anywhere a nightmare.

    Worse still, it is 24/7.