§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he is aware that traffic noise levels recorded in the vicinity of the Bury St. Edmunds bypass exceed the limits imposed on statutory undertakers by the Land Compensation Act and subsequent noise regulations approved by the Noise Advisory Council, and that distress is being suffered and has been suffered for two years by residents on Eastgate Street and Thirgoe Hill; and why his Department and its agents, who built the bypass and are responsible at law for protecting or compensating those afflicted by excess noise, so far have failed to carry out their statutory duties;
(2) if he will instruct the Eastern Road Construction Unit, his regional director and the local authority employed as his agent in this case forthwith to insulate from excessive noise, or alternatively to pay compensation to, those householders living in the vicinity of the Bury St. Edmunds bypass who for nearly two years have been suffering from statutory noise nuisance.
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§ Mr. CarmichaelIt is regretted that progress has not been better. Difficulties have been encountered in costing the insulation work, and some properties have presented ventilation problems. Detailed offers of insulation, or a grant in lieu, should be made within the next eight weeks. On receipt of responses the work will go ahead as quickly as possible on those dwellings for which the offer of insulation is accepted.