A COUPLE say noisy construction traffic is making the housing development they live on "unpleasant" as they're being woken up early in the morning.

The Abbey Barn Park resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, first complained to Berkeley Group on Wednesday, August 2 about the noise.

Videos seen by the Free Press show construction trucks driving past their bedroom window on Aspen Road from 6.30am.

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The lorries produce loud bangs as they drive over the bump in the road and this "begins from around 6.30am to 16:00 daily."

"Recently there has been a constant inconvenience by the construction trucks that are driving on Aspen Road causing daily noise disruption. As the road has not been completed...", the resident said.

"As construction is expected to continue for a number of years this is a sound we are expected to just deal with whilst others in the development do not. 

"It is greatly impacting living here to be honest. There is constant loud banging throughout the day. 

"We are woken up before 7am with loud banging where we cannot go back to sleep. It disrupts work meetings as it makes it near impossible to near anything in the meeting when these trucks go by."

The couple are also expecting to have their first child in the coming weeks and are concerned the "loud sounds will cause distress and discomfort to the baby."

Berkeley Group acknowledged construction traffic has been higher than usual recently.

A spokesman said: "Site traffic at Abbey Barn Park has been higher than usual over the last three weeks due to a greater number of lorries required to export excess soil from the site. This stage of the build programme has now finished, and traffic should reduce to normal levels."

They also promised to carry out repair works on the road to "alleviate any noise generated by site traffic."

Adding: "Today [Wednesday, September 6] repair works have been carried out on Aspen Road, to rectify potholes and any degrading in the road affecting the difference in gradient between the block paving and the base tarmac, which will help to alleviate any noise generated by site traffic."

Despite action being taken to address the noise, the resident feels like they've been misled having not been told about the construction traffic when they moved in in 2021.

They said: "We were not informed of this noise. We were aware of ongoing construction and as the development progressed to later phases it was mentioned that we would not be impacted. Feels slightly like we were mislead

"It's actually making it an unpleasant place to live as construction has been ongoing for many many years and is expected to continue for another two to three years. Therefore, when there is a period of increased deliveries we will have to again deal with this sound." 

Are you having issues with construction traffic? Email isabella.perrin@newsquest.co.uk to share your story.