A HAMPSHIRE MP has called for further measures to mitigate motorway noise misery inflicted on his constituents.

Eastleigh MP Mike Thornton spoke out about the effects on residents near the M27 in a transport questions session in the House of Commons.

He told how residents were forced to keep their windows shut, which he claimed was affecting their health and sanity.

Mr Thornton wants to see noise barriers installed while the wait for resurfacing continues.

The Daily Echo told in July how work to quieten a busy stretch of the M27 between junction 5 for Eastleigh and 7 for Hedge End with specialist noise reducing materials is due to start in two years' time.

The Highways Agency has brought the work, originally scheduled for 2017, forward.

Mr Thornton, who took up the issue, previously told how Government noise maps showed that Eastleigh borough was among the worst affected areas with volume hitting 75 decibels.

The worst noise hotspots, are around West End on the M27, and a stretch of the M3 that separates Chandler's Ford and Allbrook.

Speaking yesterday Mr Thornton told ministers: “Sections of the M27 in my constituency-the busiest motorway per mile in the country-are so noisy that local residents are unable to open their windows in the stifling summers that climate change has brought us, and that affects their health and sanity.

“My constituency continues to wait for resurfacing, so will the Minister please investigate the provision of effective noise barriers to save my residents' health and sanity?”

John Hayes MP, minister of state for the department of transport, responded saying the issue had been raised by a number of MPs and the Government had taken action to reduce noise on some key roads.

“There will be money for extensive resurfacing-we are talking about resurfacing 80 per cent of the nation's roads-and I will look at his case in that spirit,” he said.

Mr Thornton, speaking afterwards, told the Daily Echo, that he was determined to keep pushing this issue to try and get resurfacing brought forward and has spoken to a number of ministers, including Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the treasury.

He said parts of the M27 had been resurfaced in the past in the Portsmouth direction but this had stopped at Fareham.

He pointed out that some residents had been in their homes 30 years so this had not been an issue when they moved in.

“In some places it's as bad as being near an airport,” he said.

“The sound barriers are not as good as resurfacing but if there's going to be a wait of two or three years I'm trying anything that will help.”