Maidenhead Advertiser

Driven out by noise of lorries

Cox Green: Couple say it is so loud they plan to move

- By Shay Bottomley shayb@baylismedi­a.co.uk @ShayB_BM

A Maidenhead couple whose lives are being ‘disrupted 24/7’ have said they are looking to move away due to persistent noise from lorries thundering down Shoppen-hangers Road.

Peter Ramsay, 70, is considerin­g moving house with his wife, Pat, since heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) started hurtling down the 40mph road as a result of restrictio­ns elsewhere in the borough.

The disruption started ‘just after lockdown’ as lorries were banned from passing through Holyport and Oakley Green.

With HGV drivers using Shoppenhan­gers Road as an alternativ­e, Peter told the Advertiser that the noise, which is ongoing throughout the day, has become so bad that ‘you cannot hold a conversati­on’ in the couple’s garden.

He said that since lorries had been stopped going through Holyport and Oakley Green to reach the motorway network, they now take a roundabout route via Church Hill and through White Waltham to reach the A404M.

“They take up the whole road – it’s quite scary when you’re going up the hill,” said Peter.

“When it’s cooler, and we’ve got the windows shut, it’s fine, but you cannot sit out in the garden.

“However, some people like to eat in the evening out in the garden, but it’s impossible – you can’t even speak to each other.

“They keep going on until about 7.30pm each night, even on Sundays – it’s 24/7 really.

“We are looking to move, because we are just fed up with it.”

Peter added that the couple had to have air conditioni­ng installed, as they are unable to open the windows of their home due to the noise.

“I don’t really see what anyone can really do,” he said. “If they’ve stopped the lorries going through other areas, where are they going to go?

“If they change it to somewhere else, other people will be complainin­g.

“It’s just so anti-social.”

 ?? ?? Peter Ramsay says he may need to move house due to disruption caused by lorries. Ref:134777-4
Peter Ramsay says he may need to move house due to disruption caused by lorries. Ref:134777-4

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