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A monumental waste (on the ongoing Stonehenge Enquiry) Stone Circle Wiltshire

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 21 June 2006  Page Views: 2933

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For the 37th day, Michael Ellison, from the Planning Inspectorate, was sitting in an office block in Salisbury considering submissions to the public inquiry on proposed improvements to the A303 at Stonehenge. He listened to the final one, from the Highways Agency, before announcing that he had received another letter from Mr Justin Furtado, objector number 1,465.

Then, after describing a small change to the position of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Mr Ellison called the inquiry to an end.

It was the afternoon of Tuesday May 11, 2004, and Mr Ellison had heard more than 60 people give evidence in person and ploughed through a further 1,500 written submissions.

He thanked those who had made presentations on traffic flow and burial mounds and set off to pore over the 5,000 pages of transcripts and their numerous supporting documents.

Eight months later, in January 2005, Mr Ellison presented his findings, which seemed to draw to a close more than a decade of wrangling between road-builders, archaeologists and conservationists.

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Road plans put Stonehenge status at risk by Anonymous on Wednesday, 21 June 2006
Stonehenge risks being stripped of its status as a world heritage site because of "second-rate" government proposals to ease traffic congestion at the monument, the National Trust said yesterday.

Sarah Staniforth, historic properties director with the trust, said the national committee of Unesco, which administers world heritage sites, had reviewed the situation and Stonehenge could be taken off the list because of poor traffic management. The trust's warning comes as ministers prepare to decide what to do to ease congestion on the A303, which passes the ancient stones.

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