M20 reopens after Operation Brock controls lifted

Operation Brock sees lorries heading to Dover queue on one side of the M20

A traffic-holding system on the M20 for lorries queueing to cross the English Channel has been lifted.

Operation Brock is deployed at busy times when a lot of people are travelling through Kent to the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.

It was put in place to accommodate for Easter holiday travel and the expected high passenger numbers.

The motorway reopened at 06:00 BST on Monday following an overnight road closure to allow the controls to be lifted.

The road reopened with three lanes and the national speed limit back in place.

Operation Brock covers a 13-mile (20.9km) stretch of the M20 between junctions eight (at Maidstone) and nine (Ashford).

It is designed to reduce the impact of disruption by directing lorries heading for mainland Europe onto the motorway’s coastbound carriageway.

One side of the carriageway is used for the lorry queue and the other for a contraflow.