Long queues of cars stretched back from the Port of Dover as holidaymakers’ summer travel got underway on Thursday, 27 July.<br /><br />The port has been “extremely busy” with “bottlenecks” of traffic, bosses there said.<br /><br />Processing time at the border was previously 90 minutes, a time expected for peak travel days, but reduced to 20 minutes on Thursday afternoon.<br /><br />Just under 15,000 travellers have set sail from the port so far on Thursday.<br /><br />It is understood that all the all the positions for French border officials, Police Aux Frontieres, are open.
