A new £24m border control post may have to be demolished due to changes in post-Brexit border arrangements , making it commercially unviable. The facility at Portsmouth International Port was built to carry out checks on food and plant imports from the EU, but changes in border protocols mean that half of the building will never be used. This has resulted in high running costs that cannot be covered by import fees. Other ports in the country are also facing similar challenges.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs acknowledges that fewer checks will be required and ports can use spare capacity as they wish
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