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Highways England Consultation - A303/Stonehenge
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nigelswift
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Edited Mar 07, 2017, 10:55
Re: Highways England Consultation - A303/Stonehenge
Mar 07, 2017, 10:54
"Another possible, perhaps outlandish, interpretation is that the study team might respond that ICOMOS may not have understood that the CVS takes account of the perception of OUV within the WHL....@

Not so outlandish - as yes, the Govt is bound to argue the World Heritage Convention allows them to go ahead. We'll hear that shortly no doubt. The powers that be have already made the British side of the equation short-tunnel friendly - https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/are-they-preparing-a-preposterous-gap-to-squeeze-the-short-tunnel-through/

In additionI expect there'll also be high level phone calls to UNESCO which we won't hear about! It's a dirty game.
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