Holidaymakers have been told to arrive three hours early this weekend
Passengers passing through the Port of Dover this week are being warned that they could face delays of up to two and a half hours. It comes as many schools break up for the summer holidays this Friday.
Processing times at the port have increased significantly due to post-Brexit passport checks by French border officials Police Aux Frontieres . Measures are being put in place to minimise queues during the busy summer period.An additional PAF booth is expected to be installed before Friday, while hour-by-hour traffic flow projections have been created.
Port of Dover chief executive Doug Bannister said: “When passengers arrive at the Port of Dover, they will be processed through border controls – anticipated to take around 90 minutes on peak days. However, our modelling indicates that processing times may be up to two-and-a-half hours during the peak hours of 6am to 1pm during the first couple of Saturdays and Sundays of the summer holidays, due to the extreme popularity of these days.
Mr Bannister told the PA news agency his staff have done “everything we possibly can” to minimise delays. He went on: “People would anticipate if they’re travelling at very popular times on very busy days there will be some queuing.
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