§ Mr. GaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (I) what proposals his Department has for the improvement of the signposting of the channel ports in general and of Port Ramsgate in particular;
(2) what proposals his Department has to ensure that destinations in east Kent in general and the Isle of Thanet in particular are clearly signposted for the benefit of travellers emerging from the channel tunnel.
§ Mr. KeyThe M20/A20 will be the principal route to the channel tunnel and the ports of Folkestone and Dover. The A2/M2 route will continue to serve Sheerness, Ramsgate and other east Kent towns. Although our signing will reflect this generally, in the case of either route the signing will not be restricted to the towns and ports which that route primarily serves.
We are now reviewing the signing of east Kent towns. Our plans include signing both Canterbury and Ramsgate, along with Folkestone and Dover, eastwards on M20 from the channel tunnel exits.
The details of the signing arrangements are necessarily complex and I have written to my hon. Friend about them.