Overview

• The Port of Dover continues to process vehicles with average waits of around 60 minutes despite augmented staff levels, traffic controls and AI-driven forecasting
• Approximately 10,000 cars are expected to pass through Dover on Saturday, with nearly 40,000 vehicles forecast this weekend and over 270,000 across the next six weeks
• Collisions on the M11 between junctions 8 and 9 remain unresolved, leaving both carriageways blocked and causing five-mile southbound and seven-mile northbound queues
• Heathrow Terminal 3 has resumed normal operations after Friday’s fire alarm prompted a temporary evacuation and led to passport control delays of up to two hours
• The RAC and National Highways continue to advise motorists to travel outside morning and evening rush hours and to verify third-party ferry bookings to reduce further hold-ups