Alan Whitehead

Labour Party | Southampton Test

WHITEHEAD GETS AGREEMENT TO KEEP IT QUIET AT THE DOCKS

Alan Whitehead, MP for Southampton Test, has secured an agreement to substantially reduce the noise coming from part of the docks close to a residential areas. 

Dr Whitehead had been contacted by a number of residents in and around Saxon Road, Freemantle, regarding a recent dramatic increase in noise coming from the port.  The noise of banging and crashing as crates were loaded and unloaded was going on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and was acting as a constant disturbance for the residents who lived closest to that section of the docks.

Following an urgent meeting with ABP and Pentalver, Dr Whitehead has now secured an agreement that containers on the edge of the site closest to residents will only be moved during the day, and should only be used for long term storage (further minimising the amount of movement that goes on).  Under the new agreement, 24 hour working will only take place in the central and southern part of the site, which is well away from residential areas.

Dr Whitehead welcomed the agreement:

“I believe that this agreement should go a long way towards cutting the noise pollution coming from Pentalver’s section of the docks.  But I will to monitor the progress of this intended action to make sure it really happens and would ask all residents living near that section of the docks to contact me if the noise does not decrease.”