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Stonehenge tunnel idea resurrected by council leaders |
Andy B
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|  Posted 17-01-2012 at 23:14
The idea of building a tunnel under Stonehenge has been resurrected by a consortium of council leaders from across the South West.
Wiltshire was among the authorities represented at a summit meeting to discuss A303 improvements, organised by Somerset County Council last week.
They discussed ways to raise the £1billion needed to widen the remaining single lane sections of the road between Wiltshire and Devon.
The tunnel, which would have cost more than £500million at the last count, is one of five separate schemes they believe are needed.
Somerset’s leader Ken Maddock believes there is scope to seek new funding in the light of Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement, which said that pension funds could be used to fund up to £20billion of infrastructure schemes.
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http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/9474384.Stonehenge_tunnel_idea_resurrected/
What do you think? Could a long-length long-bore tunnel with entrance and exit well away from Stonehenge and other ancient sites be environmentally justified? Or are the risks of having a too short and too shallow cut-and-cover tunnel imposed too horrible to contemplate?
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PeteG
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| Posted 18-01-2012 at 07:00
another chance for a small group of consultants to make a large amount of money. It will never happen.
It would be easier to move the bloody stones!
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