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Re: Stonehenge and the A303 by Jansold on Saturday, 25 February 2017

Highways England has a website publishing their proposals to build a 1.8 mile (2.9 kilometre) tunnel under the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Details of the proposed routes can be found online at

http://www.highways.gov.uk/a303stonehenge/consultation

The consultation closes on 5th March.

National Trust, Historic England and English Heritage support the proposals, although the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society have objected to the scheme pointing out that the tunnel portal location is close to the alignment of the Winter solstice when seen from the Avenue and Stonehenge and prefer a longer overland route that would take the A303 south of the World Heritage site altogether. The Stonehenge Alliance (stonehengealliance.org.uk) have objected to the scheme because the tunnel is too short (The World Heritage Site is 5.4km/3.4 miles wide, whereas the tunnel is 2.9km/1.8 miles long), and because of serious damage to archaeology and landscape.



Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road