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Daily Echo, 22 July 2016: IT IS SEEN as a long-awaited solution to ease the traffic woes of thousands of Hampshire residents.

And now a group of campaigners have launched a petition to make sure the Chickenhall Lane Link Road becomes a reality.

Saying they are concerned there seems to be “much more talk than action”, they will send the petition to council chiefs and Government ministers in a bid to kickstart the plans for the new road.

The link road would run north of junction 5 of the M27 from the A335 Southampton Road to Chickenhall Lane at an estimated cost of £120m.

It’s a project which has been in demand from residents for 30 years and last year EastleighBorough Council leaders put the project forward to be considered by Hampshire County Council transport chiefs.

Mims Davies MP, 21 July 2016: Hampshire MPs Mims Davies and George Hollingbery have expressed concerns today about Eastleigh Borough Council’s Local Plan, saying it again runs the risk of being thrown out by the planning inspector for a second time.

The plan is currently in the early stages of development and sets out the policies to guide the future development of Eastleigh borough in the period up to 2036. It will be discussed by councillors tomorrow (Thursday).

Eastleigh MP Mims said the scale of housing and commercial development required during this period and where it should be built must be enshrined in the local plan but it has to be valid.

Gin Tidridge, Independent Councillor, Bishopstoke, 15 June 2016: I am really pleased and heartened to see that so many individuals and organisations took the trouble to make a representation as part of the public consultation process. It took EBC until June to meet its obligation to make those representations public. They are now available and it is really impressive to see 467 high quality representations expressing major concerns with option B.

Wave 105.2 FM, 6 February 2016: Campaigners will march through countryside near Eastleigh on Saturday morning to try to stop it from being built on. 3700 homes could be built on fields north of Bishopstoke. It is one option being considered in the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2011-36). EBC says it needs more homes to meet demand. But The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is urging the council to scrap or dramatically scale back two of the options under consideration.