Hundreds of HGVs could rumble along the residential roads of Hale Barns if HS2 is allowed to progress as planned.

This is according to an group supported by the Conservative Party's Oliver Carroll, its candidate for Altrincham and Sale at the next election, and Nathan Evans, its leader on Trafford Council.

Mr Carroll and Cllr Evans took a petition to the Houses of Parliament last week and argued for the right of the group, Free Hale and Hale Barns of HGVs, to be heard by a Select Committee.

They said HGVs could rumble along the residential roads of Hale Barns if HS2 is allowed to progress as planned due to the creation of a construction route allowing construction traffic to access the work on the M56 and next to Manchester Airport – although this is looking less and less likely as the government fails to guarantee the future of the line beyond Phase One (Birmingham to London).

Mr Carroll, a Magic Circle lawyer, said: "These roads are narrow and the same is true of all of the roads on this route. 

"We've examined the detail of Phase One and Phase Two [of HS2] and this, as far as we're concerned, is the only route which proposes to run hundreds of HGVs through a residential area."

Typically there is no right for a group like Free Hale and Hale Barns of HGVs to be heard by the Select Committee because an authority like Trafford Council is better to fight for its residents.

Mr Carroll and Cllr Evans said this is not the case as there was no one in attendance from the council at a meeting attended by hundreds of residents over the summer.

Cllr Evans, a councillor for Hale Barns, said: "The blight on our homes is beginning and it is remaining for 10 years or 20 years even if the construction is on schedule. 

"Many of our members will never see their property values return in their lifetime."

Cain Ormondroyd, representing HS2, addressed the disagreement between Free Hale and Hale Barns of HGVs and Trafford Council.

He argued against the right of the group to be heard.

He said: This is not a matter we should go into in this forum.

"The council might have a different account of its conduct."

He added: "Clearly, these petitioners have some powerful guns lined up but they need to fire them in the right direction. 

"The right direction is not here but it is in a discussion with the local authority."

A decision on the right of the group to be heard is to be made at a later date.

This article was written by Jack Tooth. To contact him, email jack.tooth@newsquest.co.uk or follow @JTRTooth on Twitter.