The A303 upgrade will include 13km of dual carriageway, the 3km Stonehenge Tunnel under the World Heritage site and a new viaduct over the River Till valley. A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge) Home About Benefits Our approach News Library Keep in touch ☰ Reuniting the Stonehenge landscape and improving your j Simply click the info points and image to expand. Salisbury News; Petition against A303 Stonehenge tunnel reaches 120K signatures; Petition against A303 Stonehenge tunnel reaches 120K signatures. There have been more than 1,400 documents submitted as part of the plans, and around 2,500 representations from local organisations and people. – STONEHENGE NEWS BLOG The main reason for the ‘need’ for a tunnel is so that it is impossible to see Stonehenge without paying a considerable sum to English Heritage. The Knotty Problem of the A303 and Stonehenge. Call 84322 - 'theAA' on your mobile or 0906 88 84322 from a land line for the latest travel news. "Every year, millions of cars crawl along it in traffic, ruining the backdrop to one of our most important historic landmarks. The Stonehenge Alliance has been building opposition to the plans for a number of years, and is calling once again for the Government to reconsider. "Placing the A303 within a tunnel would transform Stonehenge, reunite the landscape and leave a lasting legacy for future generations. Highways England has always maintained that the tunnel will reduce congestion and increase tranquillity in an area of national historical importance. Visit our Stonehenge Tunnel decision delayed again due to archaeological find Stonehenge tunnel petition handed into government Stonehenge tunnel plans at risk over funding uncertainty Stonehenge and other stolen objects returned to their homes Stonehenge tunnel: Row over building clause in deeds Stonehenge tunnel meeting: Residents given wrong date The A303 at Stonehenge has been a traffic hotspot for many years That was assessing everything from the impact on traffic, to environmental and archaeological concerns. Lane Closures : Lane two will be closed. STONEHENGE A303 TUNNEL NEWS LINKS: Planning inspectorate examination of A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme by planning inspectors start – SALISBURY JOURNAL. News Stonehenge A303 tunnel decision delayed four months. "He said the A303 is "one of our most important regional arteries" but has become "one of those totemic projects symbolising delay and obstruction". Shock horror, a neolithic remain on Salisbury plain!And so the circus continues! Most archaeologists around the world are horrified at what’s going on.”The original delay announced in April pushed the scheme’s opening date back by a year. It is unclear what impact this latest announcement will have on the construction timeline.The A303 upgrade will include 13km of dual carriageway, the 3km Stonehenge Tunnel under the World Heritage site and a new viaduct over the River Till valley.Highways England has always maintained that the tunnel will reduce congestion and increase tranquillity in an area of national historical importance.Highways England project director Derek Parody added: “We have received the announcement to defer the DCO decision on the A303 Amesbury to Berwick upgrade and we will be working with the Department for Transport in the coming months to assess the timescales for the project.“We are confident that the proposed scheme presents the best solution for tackling the longstanding bottleneck on this section of the A303 returning the Stonehenge landscape to something like its original setting and helping to boost the south west economy.”Two 38t gantries spanning the width of the M6 were installed in…Today marks the close of the consultation on the £6.8bn Lower Thames…Additives in concrete paving could enable it to reduce elevated levels of…Four giant remote-controlled transporters were deployed on the M53 this weekend to…What a surprise to place a “temporary” halt to giving the go ahead to this greatly needed project. “History is what links us, the community of the living with our ancestors. By Benjamin Paessler @journal_ben News and Sports Reporter. Explore the scheme in images and visualisations on our interactive map. "Anything shorter would cause irreparable damage to this landscape, in breach of the World Heritage Convention," the group said.Derek Parody, Highways England project director for the A303 Stonehenge scheme, said: "We are confident that the proposed scheme presents the best solution for tackling the longstanding bottleneck on this section of the A303, returning the Stonehenge landscape to something like its original setting and helping to boost the south-west economy.
Facts surrounding the traffic issues at Stonehenge and how the A303 should be improved to overcome this, without harming the historic landscape Plans to dig a two-mile (3.2km) road tunnel near Stonehenge have been given the go ahead by the chancellor. Key researchers on Stonehenge and its landscape have been taken aback by the scale of the structure and the fact that it hadn’t been discovered until now so close to Stonehenge.”University College London professor of British later prehistory Mike Parker Pearson added that the discovery “is just another reason to give up this disastrous white elephant of a scheme.”He added: “The problem is that [the A303] scheme was hatched back in the 1980s, when they really had no idea about the potential of what might be there.