Freight traffic mayhem subsides at Kent port, but officials concerned over access permit and customs declarations

After a week of mayhem the roads of Kent are eerily deserted, almost devoid of freight traffic as lorry drivers from all over the EU avoid Dover and the Eurotunnel as the Brexit transition ends.

The only reminder of the potential for Brexit chaos are the miles and miles of detritus in the forms of plastic bottles, shopping bags, and even towels strewn along the banks of the south-bound M20 motorway to the cliffs of Dover.

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