Bye bye Brock 03 February 2020
No tears will be shed in Kent for the end of Operation Brock, the much-hated contraflow that turned the M20 into a semi-permanent lorry park.
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Operation Stack
The stack is back 21 May 2018
Just a few years ago Kent was going to be saved from Operation Stack. Now it's back with a vengeance.
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Operation Stack
If there's trouble crossing the Channel, you'll see the lorries queuing on the M20. What is Operation Stack? Why does it cause so much trouble? And why, more than twenty years after it started, are we still using it?
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London’s other forgotten motorways
We’ve spent years documenting the unbuilt urban motorway network planned for London. Today we’re unveiling more new routes that have never been seen before!
The middle of nowhere
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Not so Smart
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The Magic Roundabout
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