Piling works that left scores of people with sleepless nights being undertaken as part of the new M3 junction nine scheme are completed.
Works on the new junction heard by residents on Monday, July 1 and had carried on until Friday, July 4.
Typically being carried out late at night and through to the early hours of the morning, residents took to social media to express their frustration, with many contacting local authorities.
Paul White, Winchester resident, said: "I was up and out at 3am. It sounds like a stump grinder or road planer and I can still hear it in Martyr Worthy."
City council environmental health protection officer, James Hucklesby responded to a residents complaint saying: "We have spoken to the construction team and there will be some further noisy works tonight (03/07) until 23:00 which will be the last of the piling.
"We have advised the construction team that we will not be currently permitting any further night time piling. We will be monitoring their works more closely moving forward to ensure that residents are not impacted further."
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The junction 9 scheme to improve access between the motorway and the A34 has been costed at £290m and is set to last several years.
A National Highways spokesperson said: “We apologise for any overnight disturbance experienced by residents this week.
“While we aim to carry out as much of the project during daytime as possible, some works require road closures which are overnight when traffic flows are at their lowest.”
Sheet piling works, where interlocking sheets of material are installed to create a barrier for earth retention and excavation support, were completed on Friday, July 4, according to National Highways.
The new plan includes changing and widening the junction, to have free-flowing links, as well as building two new bridges on the gyratory, with the aim to reduce congestion, improve safety and air pollution.
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