Ben Everitt, the MP for Milton Keynes North, has launched a petition calling on Milton Keynes City Council to suspend their proposed plans to close the A509 near Newport Pagnell for 18 months.
The closure would take place as part of the Labour-Lib Dem Council's MK East expansion plans, and was initially announced as a 12 month closure, but it has since been announced that closures and diversions will be in place until 31st March 2025.
Newport Pagnell and the surrounding villages, including Moulsoe, have been the subject of significant road closures in recent years due to the council's MK East development, causing traffic problems and Ben believes it is unfair on local residents and is calling on the council to come up with an alternative.
Ben Everitt MP said: "This will cause traffic chaos in Newport Pagnell and the nearby villages and is unfair on these residents who have already had to suffer from non-stop road closures and works over the past 18 months.
"Since my election I have passionately opposed the council's MK East development, but they have ploughed on regardless.
"I have set up this petition to demand that the Labour-Lib Dem Council thinks again on closing the A509 for an entire year and actually puts our rural residents first for a change by coming up with an alternative solution.
"The road is set to close on 25th September so please get your signatures in by then and share far and wide."
