Plans for a by-pass at traffic besieged Whitfield have been drawn up.

The Dover Society's Blueprint is for an eastern by-pass to take motorists around, not through, the growing village.

Spokesman Terry Sutton warned a failure to act would result in chaos.

Port-bound traffic ground to a halt for three and a half hours on Saturday when a P&O ship broke down and adverse weather also affected loading.

Mr Sutton added: “Our vision is for a bypass that links the A2 with the Dover to Sandwich highway, and then the port, which would take the growing A2 traffic out of the centre of Whitfield.

"The heavy A2 traffic to and from Dover docks would be taken outside the expanding community.”

The roundabout, pictured, is often congested and plans were conceived for a similar road 20 years ago. More than 5,000 homes are expected to be built in Whitfield in the next four years.

For the full story, see the Dover Mercury.