{"id":2492,"date":"2018-11-26T08:59:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T08:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2018-11-26T08:59:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T08:59:23","slug":"fallon-not-reassured-by-transport-secretarys-m26-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"Fallon &#8220;Not Reassured&#8221; by Transport Secretary&#8217;s M26 Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sevenoaks MP Sir Michael Fallon has described the Transport Secretary\u2019s response to his concerns over plans to turn the whole of the M26 into a lorry park in the event of a no deal Brexit as \u201ccompletely unsatisfactory\u201d and \u201cnot reassuring\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Michael met recently both Chris Grayling and the Roads Minister Jesse Norman with the leaders of Sevenoaks District Council and Kent County Council to press for alternative options.\u00a0\u00a0 The Department for Transport has apologised for not consulting the local community before closing the M26 overnight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sir Michael said: \u201cThis response is unsatisfactory and does not provide the reassurances the local community needs.\u00a0 A lorry park, if it is required, should be in the east of Kent, closer to the ports.\u00a0 I continue to urge the Transport Secretary to reconsider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2493\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-1-e1543222552867.jpeg\" alt=\"Grayling letter 1\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-1-e1543222552867.jpeg 3024w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-1-e1543222552867-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-1-e1543222552867-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-1-e1543222552867-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2494\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2494\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-2-e1543222631474.jpeg\" alt=\"Grayling letter 2\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-2-e1543222631474.jpeg 3024w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-2-e1543222631474-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-2-e1543222631474-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Grayling-letter-2-e1543222631474-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sevenoaks MP Sir Michael Fallon has described the Transport Secretary\u2019s response to his concerns over plans to turn the whole of the M26 into a lorry park in the event of a no deal Brexit as \u201ccompletely unsatisfactory\u201d and \u201cnot reassuring\u201d. &nbsp; Sir Michael met recently both Chris Grayling and the Roads Minister Jesse Norman &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2492\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fallon &#8220;Not Reassured&#8221; by Transport Secretary&#8217;s M26 Response&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[512,707,744,895,894,885,886,109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions\/2495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}