Brexit: Dover port to reclaim land from sea to help avoid long queues

Vehicles queue at the Port of Dover, Kent, as the summer bank holiday getaway started last month. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The Port of Dover plans to build on land reclaimed from the sea to create more space to process passengers in the hope of reducing delays when the EU’s introduces its biometric border controls system next year.

The port’s chief executive, Doug Bannister, said building out into the sea could help, after previously warning the new system could cause long tailbacks. The biometric controls, known as the Entry/Exit System, were due to be introduced in 2022 but have been delayed until autumn 2024.