Thousands of residents are fed up with noise from the Cotswolds busiest road, according to a new survey.

An action group has published the findings of a survey that reveals residents have had enough with noise from the A417/419.

The results of the survey follow an announcement from Highways England confirming it will proceed with option 30 to upgrade the key route linking the M5 with the M4.

Noise mitigation from the notorious 'Missing Link' has been a running sore for residents since it was first built in 1998.

Various attempts to reduce the sound from the concrete sections of the highway have been made over the years.

The action group, who call themselves A419NAG, was formed in 2012 and has done a new survey of parish councils all along the infamous road.

The group asked community representatives who live near the busy road about whether the noise affects their villages and towns.

10 Cotswold parishes including South Cerney, Ampney Crucis and Baunton say they are directly impacted by it.

Cricklade and Latton, parishes in Wiltshire, have also said that they are in the firing line of noise pollution.

Traffic levels are predicted to increase substantially once the new road is built.

Cllr Paul Hodgkinson (GCC, Bourton & Northleach) chairs the group and says that 15 parishes have also committed to writing to Highways England bosses this summer to make sure that noise pollution is dealt with as part of the Missing Link solution.

“We totally support the need for the Missing Link to be sorted out and are now delighted that so many parishes back our plea to get the noise reduced for the many thousands of people who live along the dual carriageway," Cllr Hodgkinson said.

"Highways England have a golden opportunity to introduce noise mitigation measures whilst they build the new road at Birdlip.”

Lisa Spivey is on the action group and lives in Preston.

She has been battling against the noisy road since moving into the area.

“This is our first bit of contact with local communities for a while and we wanted to test the water," Lisa said.

"Now we have been given a mandate by councils representing 13,000 people.

“This is about righting a wrong - since the completion of the dual carriageway, people living along this section of the road have suffered excessive noise pollution.

"We now call on the authorities to take the action they should have taken years ago.”

A spokesperson for Highways England said: "We will provide more information on our noise assessments at the next stage of consultation on the A417 Missing Link later this summer, including any measures we propose to keep noise levels to a minimum for local communities.

"The section of A417/419 between Latton and Daglingworth will be monitored as part of Highways England’s ongoing road maintenance programme.

"The existing surface will be replaced when it is near or at the end of its life."