Kent's highways chiefs are prepared for a second round of huge traffic delays - after thousands of motorists were forced to sleep in their cars last weekend.

Those responsible for keeping the roads clear have been involved in various debriefing sessions throughout the week - days after thousands of motorists slept in their cars due to huge delays at Dover.

It's believed around 250,000 people were held up for up to 14 hours on the approach to the port, as increased French security led to hold-ups.

At one point it was taking around 40 minutes for each coach to be security checked, following the terror attack in Nice.

But, as temperatures soared, families stuck in their cars were struggling for food, water and toilet breaks.

Thousands of bottles of water were delivered to drivers throughout the weekend, with good Samaritans even throwing emergency food rations to drivers from a bridge.

Now Matthew Balfour, KCC cabinet member for environment and transport, said the authorities were hoping for a better weekend.

He said: "I have got fingers and toes crossed.

"There are a lot of people wishing to travel, and I just hope that all important parts of the system operate as they should do.

"That was the problem last weekend - that there simply was not enough French frontier border officers to the increased checks that they had decided they would do."

He said this weekend everybody had been "debriefed until they're sick of it".

But traffic could build up incredibly quickly, with transport chiefs trying to "push a large number of people through a very small hole".

He said around 36,000 bottles of water were now being kept at Dover to cope with delays.

This weekend is expected to bring with it new challenges, with tomorrow being dubbed "Black Saturday".

That marks the end of the July holiday for many French families and the start of the August one for others, which normally brings extremely high levels of traffic.

The AA is advising drivers not to travel tomorrow - with fears for increased traffic on the French side.

Kent County Council has advised motorists to take food and drink with them and to check with travel operators before making their trips.