World heritage body says Stonehenge tunnel will cause “irreversible damage”

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World heritage body says Stonehenge tunnel will cause “irreversible damage”
9 May 2018 | By GCR Staff
 

A Paris-based international heritage organisation has told the UK to halt plans to tunnel under Stonehenge and to rethink its solution for traffic congestion at the site in Wiltshire.

Highways England, the body in the charge of the UK’s road network, is planning to build a 2.9km tunnel beneath the site to carry the A303.

The plan, which has been under discussion since 2005, was green lighted by the UK government in January 2017. Chris Grayling, the Secretary of State for Transport, said the plan would “transform the A303, cutting congestion and improving journey times”.

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