The ‘inland sites’ are being rushed into existence in time for EU rules to come crashing to an end – as lorry drivers face being fined £300 if they don’t have a ‘Kent passport’

The idea is to avoid scenes of thousands of lorries backed up on the motorway (Image)

The ‘inland sites’ will be built in Kent, Essex, Birmingham, Warrington and north Wales – with seven of them due to be ready by January.

The government has quietly confirmed a list of 10 lorry parks to deal with the fallout from Brexit.

They will have to process a litany of paperwork when EU rules in the UK end in 2021 – including customs and market surveillance checks, and checks on animal products.

The list, contained within a 271-page border plan published today, is the first time the government has formally confirmed its list of Brexit lorry parks after weeks of insisting the sites were not final.

Today’s document also confirms truckers leaving Britain across the English Channel will be legally required to get a ‘passport’ to drive into Kent.