Operation Stack (Brexit, trucking) and Operation Broc (Brexit, trucking)

Operation Brock is the planned traffic management system in the event of a no-deal Brexit. It supersedes Operation Stack, the previous plan that has been used in the past for temporary cross-Channel traffic problems.

Work began in May 2018 on this scheme managed by Highways England, designed as a temporary solution to manage lorry queueing and traffic flow at the Port of Doverafter Brexit.[1]

In September 2018, Highways England revealed in a freedom of information request that "Operation Brock, the code name for the management of freight in a no-deal scenario, would not be automatic and would require steel barriers to make a planned contraflow system on the M20 safe for ordinary vehicles" and that "£30m has been allocated to cover the design, build and initial operation of the scheme for up to six months."[2]

Rehearsal[edit]
In January 2019, a rehearsal for part of Operation Brock was carried out, using the former Manston Airport as a lorry park.[3]  It was criticised for being unrepresentative of the actual situation that would occur in reality.[4]  On the first day of the test, only 89 of the planned 150 lorries turned up for the rehearsal.[5]

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