HIGHWAYS AGENCY

NOISE INSULATION REGULATIONS 1975

M40 JUNCTION 4 / A404 HANDY CROSS IMPROVEMENT

M40 JUNCTION 4 / A404 HANDY CROSS IMPROVEMENT WAS OPENED TO TRAFFIC ON 4 MAY 2007

No properties are believed to qualify under the provisions of the Noise Insulation Regulations 1975 for an offer of insulation (any or all of double windows, doors, special ventilation and Venetian blinds) or a grant.

The regulations give right of appeal to the occupier of any dwelling or other residential property (such as an old people’s home or hostel for long-stay residents), and to his/her immediate landlord or licensor (if any), where the dwelling or property is within 300 metres of the Scheme and no offer of insulation or grant has been made in respect of it.

Any such person who claims that use of the new length of road causes, or is expected to cause at the property in question, noise of not les than the level specified in the Regulations, may apply in writing to the Highways Agency, Federated House, London Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1SZ; setting out the facts on which he relies and requesting that an offer of insulation or grant be made in accordance with the provisions of the regulations.

This right of appeal must be exercised not later than 4 November 2007. An information booklet ‘Compulsory Purchase and Compensation – Reducing the Adverse Effects of Public Development’ is available free of charge from the same Highways Agency’s Dorking address. Please telephone number 01306 878122 and ask for Graham Link or Nikki Humphrey.

Paul Arnold

Highways Agency

4 June 2007.