A LONG-RUNNING fight to stop the 'assault' from noise coming from the A34 looks closer to a resolution after the problem was taken to Parliament.

People living close to the road in Wolvercote have been annoyed by the din caused by vehicles for years, with more vehicles using the stretch than ever before.

And now the issue will need to be formally addressed by the Department for Transport or Highways England in the next month after Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran took it to the Commons.

Residents' anger reached a head in 2015, when 700 residents signed a petition urging Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council to back their proposal to install a mile-and-a-quarter long 'acoustic fence' outside homes 80 feet below the carriageway.

Ms Moran said: “People living in Wolvercote are understandably frustrated at the lack of action by Highways England – which is responsible for the management of the A34 – since they first raised the issue of noise disturbance many months ago.

“A professional survey of noise levels in neighbouring homes over a period of weeks and months would provide the evidence campaigners need to push Highways England to come up with a proper plan to tackle the problem.

“I’ll continue to support local residents and to keep up the pressure on the Department for Transport and Highways England to act.”

An estimated 80,818 vehicles passed Oxford daily on the A34 last year, 15 per cent higher than the same time five years ago, according to figures from the Department for Transport.

It is understood any sound-proofing barriers could cost upwards of £1m, but another plan to resurface the road to reduce cars driving over it could spiral up to ten times that.

Rob Whitty, who started the petition two years ago, said of Ms Moran: "She was aware of it, she ran with it really quickly and she said would table a motion for the sound barrier."

The Elmthorpe Road resident, who has lived at the address since 2010, added: "The noise doesn’t change and it gets worse when the wind changes.

"My wife, when she comes downstairs in the morning, will find her whole mood set by whether she can open the doors and listen to the birds or whether she can’t go out because she feels assaulted by the noise. It’s often for 24 hours a day. When it rains, it’s louder.

"It’s something that causes a huge amount of stress."

He has previously said work would reduce noise levels by as much as 80 per cent on his road along with Clifford Place, Home Close and Rosamund Road.

Noise measurements taken two years ago recorded noise levels of about 92 decibels, roughly the same level of a lawnmower being used constantly throughout the day and night.

The Department for Transport and Highways England were approached to comment.