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Ladyman mulls Kent combined lorry park.

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Byline: Terry Sutton

STEPHEN Ladyman, Minister of State for Transport, has instructed his officials to investigate the possibility of a lorry parking area in Kent that can be combined as a centre where the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency can check trucks for road worthiness.

Thecombined scheme has the backing of Gwyn Prosser MP for Dover, a former ferry engineering officer whose constituency is next door to Dr Ladyman's at Thanet.

Mr Prosser and others living in East Kent have for many years been forced to put up with Operation Stack heavy goods vehicles are forced to queue and wait on the M20 when there is congestion at the Dover ferry port or at the Channel Tunnel, brought about by ...

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