Members of a neighbourhood campaign group in Maple Cross have complained to HS2 about the amount of noise being made during construction of the high-speed rail project.
Several residents have shared complaints with Protect Maple Cross concerning the issue, which they say has only recently arisen.
A spokesperson for the campaigners said: “HS2 is conducting noisy works well into the night, on weeknights when adults and children in the area have work and school the next day.
“The noise is a low, dim hum in seven to 10 second bursts that dominates the area and seems to occur in the evenings rather than during the daytime, up to 11pm at night.
“We appreciate that HS2 is a large project, with targets to meet – and in fairness, in the most part, it isn’t a noisy one. That said, the level of construction noise that we are now having to put up with in the evenings is completely unacceptable.
“Residents of Maple Cross, West Hyde and the surrounding areas already have to contend with a number of disruptive knock-ons from HS2, including speeding heavy goods vehicles, congested roads due to closures, and light pollution. Noisy construction work late at night has now been added to that list.”
A spokesperson for HS2 Ltd said: “We are working hard to reduce disruption for local communities during the construction of the HS2 project.
“We have consent to operate the site near Maple Cross 24/7 to support the construction of the Chiltern Tunnel and Colne Valley Viaduct, with monitoring in place to make sure noise level limits are not exceeded.
“We take all complaints extremely seriously and will take action to reduce noise levels if they are exceeded. Our performance on noise is published monthly.”
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