§ Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)This petition is from 591 residents of the village of Walton-on-the-Hill in my constituency in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey. That is three quarters of the electors of the village of Walton-on-the-Hill. The petition
Declares that their health is being affected and their quality of life is being seriously eroded as a result of the high level of noise from vehicles using the adjacent M25 motorway. Some residents are finding it difficult to sell their homes.The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Minister of Transport to ask the Highways Agency, with, if required, the assistance of the local authority, to monitor the present levels of noise and should it be established that the average level is significantly higher than that prior to the motorway widening, the present short distance of concrete surface be covered with porous asphalt in order to greatly reduce the present noise levels.And the Petitioners remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.