{"id":504,"date":"2003-03-06T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-06T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tashuk.wordpress.com\/2003\/03\/06\/504\/"},"modified":"2003-03-06T13:44:00","modified_gmt":"2003-03-06T13:44:00","slug":"504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanlodge.co.uk\/blog\/archives\/504","title":{"rendered":"Save Stonehenge !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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World Heritage Site threatened by roadbuilding scheme!<\/p>\n

“…barbaric… No other country in the world would contemplate treating a site which is a world icon in such a way.” Lord Kennet<\/p>\n

One of the world’s most famous heritage sites, Stonehenge, is threatened by a massive and highly destructive road-building scheme:<\/p>\n

The British Government’s Department for Transport is planning to widen the A303 highway that runs close to the monument.<\/p>\n

The result will effectively be the “M303”: a four-lane dual carriageway from London to the West Country cutting right through the heart of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n

Only the central 2km (1 mile) of the new road nearest to the henge would be placed in a tunnel. Outside the tunnel, two thirds of the World Heritage Site would be permanently divided by two noisy and unsightly dual carriageways (four-lane highways), securely fenced and with long cuttings leading down to tunnel entrances, lit day and night.<\/p>\n

The stone circle will not be harmed, but its landscape setting will be badly damaged and other important archaeological remains will be destroyed.<\/p>\n

The road would have major ecological impacts.<\/p>\n

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