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Freight groups support the UK government’s announcement that it is to invest £250m in the development of lorry park near Dover.

The move will dispel the need for the port to introduce “Operation Stack” on the M20 motorway in times of heavy congestion at the docks.

Yesterday the Ministry of Transport announced it would create a new holding area near Stanford, off the M20, that could accommodate 3,600 trucks at any given time.

Construction will begin “as soon as possible” with the first spaces available in ...

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