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M20 Operation Stack Quick Moveable Barrier installation
M20 Operation Stack Quick Moveable Barrier installation
The Project
Work has been completed to install a new concrete Quick Moveable Barrier (QMB), to deliver more reliable journey times during Operation Stack at Dover ports, Roads Minister Tom Harris has announced.
As well as installing new barriers along the central reservation, the work changed the road layout on sections of the M20 between junctions 11 and 12.
The concrete barriers can be quickly and safely deployed using a special vehicle during phase 1 of Operation Stack. The barriers will create a contra-flow on the London-bound carriageway while commercial vehicles await access to Dover on the coast-bound carriageway. This will improve journey times on the M20 during Operation Stack and reduce pressure on the A20 diversion route.
The work involved changes to the road layout on sections of the Londonbound carriageway of the M20 between junctions 12 and 11a to provide space for the barrier. The layout of the entry slip roads on the Londonbound carriageway at junction 12 and 11a and the coastbound entry slip road at junction 11 has also been revised.
