 New Forest District Council is being pressed to deliver a Christmas present to the residents of the High Street, Totton.
The issue of excessive lorry noise and vibration has been high on the list of local people, often kept awake at night from HGV’s entering and leaving Eling wharf.
David Harrison, a Town, District and County Councillor for Totton South has arranged for District Officers to carry out noise monitoring in a home outside the wharf entrance. He is hoping that the results will justify designating the problem as a “statutory noise nuisance”.
Environmental legislation will then require the authority to take action to tackle the problem.
Councillor Harrison says “I have a great deal of sympathy for the long suffering residents of the High Street.
I can’t do anything about high volumes of HGV traffic using Eling wharf, but I am hoping that I can force the local authorities to face up to the need to provide a better access. We would not have HGV’s entering the High Street if they could access it directly off the A35”.
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