Needless Noise : M40 Chilterns environmental group : motorway noise pollution

We represent 25,000 people who live along the M40 corridor from Junction 3 at Loudwater, past High Wycombe, through the Chilterns AONB and The Aston Rowant Nature Reserve to Junction 8 at Wheatley in South Oxfordshire.

Day and Night we all suffer from intolerable noise pollution.

These pictures represent what we endure at present. The other picture gives you an idea of life without the road noise.

We realise that the Motorway is here to stay but our aim is to reduce its impact on the environment.

June 13th 2011

Recent meeting with the Highways Agency

These are our findings >

February 26th 2011

M40 CEG Progress
In December, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, determined that the proposed action plan to address 'Traffic Noise M40 J3 (Loudwater) to J8 (Wheatley)' would be implemented.
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December 22nd 2010

Read our Christmas
press release >

September 15th

Road works on the M40

The Highways Agency have given out the following information to us. We thought that it would be useful for people to be aware of what is happening re:M40 for the next few weeks.

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June 2010:

Read our 2010 Summer newsletter

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April 2010:

Closer to being quieter

Local action group's proposal to reduce noise from stretches of the M40 moves a step closer following its meeting with Department of Transport (DfT).

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February 2010:

Local Action Group Delights in Short-list Success

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January 2010:

At last, we have made a real step forward, one to which many of you contributed. Read more >