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Re: New Stonehenge road plans
Feb 10, 2006, 07:43
"But for now: no short bored tunnel, no cut and cover, better the devil you know...".
Yes, but, latest release (23/l/06) gives the following options
In addition to the bored tunnel, the following alternatives are being looked at;
1) Bypasses of the Stonehenge site, either to the north or south,
2) a cut and cover tunnel past stonehenge
3) Changes to the Countess roundabout, closure of the A344/A303 junction and construction of the Winterbourne Stoke Bypass.

Decisions still have to be made, opposition still has to be garnered, these options just won't go away. The full force of government plus constructional interests -
Balfour Beatty/Costain is the firm, with a cost estimate of £510 million and a starting date of 2008 - all will have a strong bearing on the outcome. A handful of environmentalists stand little chance, construction firms hire heavyweights.. In the end we all have to get out of our cars and stop driving every where because we think we have a right to do so..Stonehenge should be made more difficult to get to, perhaps we need a little more difficult wilderness in Britain and less urban escapism.
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