oris Johnson is reportedly planning to mass check lorry drivers to finish the chaos at Dover.
Ministers are making ready “infrastructure” to permit 1000’s of truck drivers to be examined earlier than crossing the English channel, the Telegraph studies.
France introduced a ban on hauliers taking freight throughout the Channel on Sunday evening over fears across the unfold of a brand new, extra infectious pressure of coronavirus.
French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari stated on Monday a protocol could be adopted at a European Union-wide stage “to make sure that motion from the UK can resume”.
Nonetheless, the protocol has not but been introduced or confirmed.
It comes as Highways England has stated there have been 900 lorries parked on the M20 at 6pm on Monday, opposite to the Prime Minister’s declare there have been lower than 1 / 4 of this determine.
Talking at a Downing Avenue press convention on Monday night, after crunch talks involving members of the Cobra emergency committee to forestall the UK being lower off from the continent within the days earlier than Christmas, Mr Johnson stated discussions had been happening to “unblock the circulate of commerce as quick as attainable”.
He stated: “It was a wonderful dialog with the French President (Emmanuel Macron), he careworn he was eager, I might say, to type it out within the subsequent few hours if we are able to.
“Our groups shall be engaged on it flat out – if we are able to get a outcome then, that may be nice, however we’ll do it as quick as we are able to.”
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urged individuals to not journey to Kent amid the closure of the French border.
He informed the press convention: “Please don’t journey to Kent.
“Most individuals needs to be staying at dwelling, everyone in Tier 4 should at keep dwelling and in Tier 3 keep very native.”
