A long-running campaign to get noise barriers installed along the M32 has been revived years after the plan was first proposed. Neighbours have repeatedly complained of the "intolerable" sound of motorway traffic from their homes, particularly along the Eastville stretch of the motorway.
In 2015 Highways England confirmed that it was considering installing the barriers along a two-mile stretch, but in 2022 there is still no sign of them. A new change.org petition has now been set up calling for the agency, now known as National Highways, to stop delaying the scheme.
In response National Highways told Bristol Live it is "committed" to taking steps to address the noise complaints. It said the noise barriers will be part of "upcoming work" at the M32 Eastville viaduct, but it did not give a specific timeline as to when this work would commence.
