Literally nose to tail the queue would be ~70 miles long. But a few further thoughts about the chaos about to hit Kent and possibly impact the rest of us:
(a) 7000 trucks is not even 2 days of traffic - average per day is 5000 in each direction.
(b) if trucks are delayed a few days they will need infrastructure around them - toilets, food, etc
(c) if trucks are delayed inflation will increase (slightly) to cover costs
(d) fruit, veg, meat etc may go past use by dates - or may need fuel to keep systems running
(e) at what point will it be apparent that they need to queue - chaos awaits inside the port
(f) perhaps they should check paperwork before they join the M2 or M20
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