Holidaymakers were told to prepare for delays of several hours at the Kent port on Good Friday after travellers were stranded for up to 20 hours last weekend due to post-Brexit passport checks by French officials Joe Duggan reports:
The strike is set to cause widespread disruption for the rest of the weekend, with flights by Air France, easyJet and Ryanair expected to be among those affected.
On the roads, up to 17 million drivers are expected to travel between Good Friday and Easter Monday, with warnings of jams in south-west England and the Home Counties today. Traffic on the A303 westbound near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, the M5 south between Bristol and Bridgwater, and the M25 anticlockwise between Hertfordshire and Surrey, is tipped to more than double.Bob Pishue, from transport analytics company Inrix, said: “We expect a large jump in holiday driving, with most congestion occurring on major roads around urban areas and popular destinations.
Queues on the roads are also likely to be worsened by the closure of London Euston station due to engineering work. On Friday morning, ferry company DFDS warned coach parties that there were delays of around an hour at Dover due to a high volume of traffic.can be checked, increasing the time it takes for each coach to pass through.
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