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Excessive and increased noise pollution
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 3621098.
I am writing to see if you can help to reduce the traffic noise that we and our neighbours can now hear at our properties. Noise, we presume from the M2, is a constant drone while we are in our garden or have the doors/windows open. We have lived at our house for over 20 years without this being an issue. We appreciate that a lot of trees came down in the snow and recent high winds; there has also been a large amount of trees removed to accommodate the ‘yard’ opposite Beechen Hall and adjacent to the motorway; the new development of Forge Park has resulted in a loss of vegetation and a row of trees in the verge along Beechen Bank, next to the back gardens of Travertine have been cut. We are wondering if there are other recent changes that could have increased the noise pollution. We would like to hear from you concerning this and what you propose can be done to attenuate the noise.
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Thank you for your report concerning noise issue from the M2.
I’m sorry to hear of the noise disturbance that you experienced from the M2 and I can certainly understand your frustrations.
From looking at the pinned location, the area lies outside of a Noise Important Area (NIA), currently there are no plans to improve noise reduction. However, we acknowledge that noise from our Strategic Road Network can still affect the quality of life for those living nearby, yet still outside of an ‘Important Area’.
In the future could you please report issues such as this to our Customer Contact Centre as this reporting tool is designed for defects such as a broken sign or barrier, litter, overgrown vegetation or potholes.
Our Customer Contact Centre, available 24 hours a day at:
• 0300 123 5000
• info@highwaysengland.co.uk
Kind regards
National Highways
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Thank you for your report concerning noise issue from the M2.
I’m sorry to hear of the noise disturbance that you experienced from the M2 and I can certainly understand your frustrations.
From looking at the pinned location, the area lies outside of a Noise Important Area (NIA), currently there are no plans to improve noise reduction. However, we acknowledge that noise from our Strategic Road Network can still affect the quality of life for those living nearby, yet still outside of an ‘Important Area’.
In the future could you please report issues such as this to our Customer Contact Centre as this reporting tool is designed for defects such as a broken sign or barrier, litter, overgrown vegetation or potholes.
Our Customer Contact Centre, available 24 hours a day at:
• 0300 123 5000
• info@highwaysengland.co.uk
Kind regards
National Highways
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