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Dover jammed

26th May 1978, Page 7
26th May 1978
Page 7
Page 7, 26th May 1978 — Dover jammed
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HUGE numbers of tourists using Dover's Eastern Docks resulted in massive delays at the port last weekend as traffic was diverted off the new Jubilee Way by-pass.

The build-up of tourist traffic resulted in 15-hour delays for some freight vehicles after police brought in diversions.

Vehicles are not allowed to queue along Jubilee Way which is designated as a trunk road.

A spokesman for Dover docks told CM that the build up was caused by a "staggering" number of continental tourists going back to France via the port.

"The continentals just do not like booking for ferries — they just turn up and wait," she said.

And she assured drivers that this was not the kind of delay that could be expected during the peak holiday period — now only eight weeks away.