County is ‘Garden of Lorry parks’
Nigel Farage believes Kent will not become the permanent “Garden of Lorry Parks” following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
The Brexit Party leader backs the initiative for a 27-acre site close to the M20’s Junction 10a and does not believe hold-ups on the county’s roads will become “catastrophic” post-Brexit.
But the former parliamentary candidate does concede the new lorry customs centre will result in a “bit more traffic” for Ashford. “I do have some sympathy with the people of Ashford as the traffic around there is bad enough as it is,” he said.
“But I think we’re now putting the right things in place.
“For 25 years, Kent has become the temporary ‘Garden of Lorry Parks’ whenever the French go on strike. I’m pretty certain once this is up-and-running, there literally won’t be a massive load of difference.”