FED-UP residents living on the A435 in Studley are demanding a seat at the table when MPs, Highways England and county and district councillors meet to discuss traffic issues in June.
The call comes after locals have endured sleepless nights and damage to their properties caused by heavy goods vehicles thundering through the village.
And with a recent spate of night closures on the M5 the noise has been unrelenting 24 hours a day.
“How dreadful is it that our elected representatives have done nothing about this yet the issue was identified in the Warwickshire Local Traffic Plan as long ago as 2011 and before that, back in the 1990s when there was talk of a bypass,” said Nicky Edden of the Studley Traffic Action Group.
“Someone has to have a duty of care over this – why must it be up to residents to do something all the time?”
A meeting has been called for June 9 to discuss the impact of the Redditch Eastern Gateway industrial development on Gorcott Hill at Mappleborough Green which campaigners fear is sure to send even more traffic thundering through Studley.
It will involve representatives from both Worcestershire and Warwickshire county councils, Redditch borough council and Stratford district council as well as local MPs Nadim Zahawi (Con, Stratford) and Karen Lumley (Con, Redditch).
“It means that decisions will be taken by people who have absolutely know idea what it’s like to live with this level of traffic day in day out,” said Nicky.
“They should be looking to invite an ordinary person who has to put up with it on a daily basis.”
The 2011-26 Warwickshire Local Traffic Plan described the A435 through Studley, Coughton, Kings Coughton and Mappleborough Green as: “One of the most significant environmental problems in Western Warwickshire.
“In those settlements lying along the section of the A435 there are serious adverse effects on quality of life due to high traffic volumes containing a large number of HGVs.”
The document then says the county proposes working with local councils “to investigate alternative approaches to mitigating the impact of traffic in the corridor.”
However Ms Edden says that instead, nothing has been done and the traffic has got worse.
