Up until a while ago, most people have thought that a noisy motorway was simply a penalty that had to be paid for living in Welwyn Hatfield. However, modern "whisper quiet" motorway surfaces are now available and these surfaces can halve the audible sound level from a motorway like the A1(M).

Sections of the motorway have now been resurfaced with notable improvements, but this campaign won't end until every inch of motorway through Welwyn Hatfield has been improved.

The government's Highways Agency is responsible for deciding where and when road surfaces are upgraded and this campaign is designed to draw attention to the problem in Welwyn Hatfield.

The campaign was established after Welwyn Hatfield's Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman, Grant Shapps, and then Handside Councillor, Lance Stanbury, identified the issue to be a constant complaint in Welwyn Garden City.

No sooner had the campaign been launched in Handside, then calls started coming in from all over Welwyn Hatfield and Grant Shapps therefore decided to expand the campaign constituency-wide in order to build as much pressure as possible for the Highways Agency to place cutting the needless A1(M) Motorway noise higher on their agenda.

As the Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman and now as Member of Parliament for the area, Grant Shapps campaigns throughout Welwyn Hatfield on a wide variety of quality of life issues that concern local people. You're invited to read more about Grant's work at www.Shapps.com

If you'd like to get in touch with Grant Shapps about this or any other issue, then please email Grant.Shapps@Quieter-A1M.com

Here's what others are saying about Grant's campaign:

Dear Grant Thank you for your letter 28th March and the copy letter from Highways CEO 48/08. I am pleased to note you have managed to obtain clarification from highways, and take some satisfaction that my letter may have been of assistance to your campaign. Thank you for your continued and valued efforts in these and other local issues. We are indeed fortunate to have such a dynamic MP, let’s hope you will have more colleagues after the next election and that the country may, once again, be governed by common sense. Thanks again Grant. Yours sincerely Ray Ferry (via email) Welwyn, Herts.

Grant Shapps MP
Quieter-A1M
Campaign Organiser

The campaign has been running since before Grant Shapps was elected as the areas MP and it won't stop until the problem has been addressed throughout Welwyn Hatfield.