Stonehenge tunnel is approved by government
Stonehenge tunnel is approved by government
The plans were first approved in 2020 but were later overturned in 2021 after a campaign.
Adding lanes has literally never fixed traffic anywhere ever.
It might fix everyone slowing down to a crawl as they go past Stonehenge though. The a303 is a dual carriageway that goes down to 1 Lane past stone henge, the new tunnel would stop the bottleneck that happens as it goes past stonehenge, if having a busy road that goes past Stonehenge hasn't affected it's world heritage status, then changing that to a tunnel shouldn't affect it either, if anything it will improve the aesthetics as all you can hear there is the road.
The main question should be, could this money be better spent? The answer is obviously yes.
That being said, if the issue is traffic slowing down, then you put up a monument between the highway and Stonehenge that blocks drivers' view. Could easily be a monument to the Celtic and Gallic history of England. Something nondescript from the road's side.
If the issue is the amount of traffic, then regulated entry is the way. Put stoplights at the highway's entry and only let several on at a time.
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Fixing traffic isn’t the only goal. The way to eliminate traffic would be to eliminate roads.
The primary goal is allowing more people to get where they’re going.
I came here thinking this was going to be an archeological tunnel underneath due to some cool thing they found with GPR or something.
I must admit I'm sadly disappointed.
Way to anger the old gods
I recognise the UK government has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it
Isn't this out in farmland? Why is a tunnel needed? Are they going right under Stonehedge or something?
Article doesn’t directly state it, but implies the tunnel is going to be there to reduce the visual impact of adding a bigger road to the area.
Big waste of money IMO. Makes way more financial and environmental sense to just move the highway a couple KM away(buying land as needed) and widen it there.
It is in farmland, but it's also smack next to one of the country's major arterial routes to the southwest, and a two-lane road (one lane in each direction) at that. So the traffic buildup at peak season can lead to terrible delays. Add to that the gawpers who slow down to look at it, the coaches and tourists and it's just always been an absolute nightmare. If you ever find you might need to be on the a303 in that area after 4pm on a Friday or Sunday in the summer, change your plans.
A short term and way cheaper potential alternative would be putting up the green fencing you see alongside airports - make it Impossible to see the stones from the road and you'll solve a good deal of the problems.
This has been going on for decades and will likely go on for a few more. I dont think this is the best use of money when half the country is wondering how they're going to pay the mortgage next month.
Why don’t they just build a wall to block the view? Seems a lot cheaper than a tunnel. I guess then they’d have to be honest about the design strategy.
Yes literally within 400yds of the stones building a cut and cover tunnel
Boosh RealCivilEngineer!
The tunnel's gonna be in the strongest shape, isn't it...
Can I raise a practical question at this point? We gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow?
NO WE AIN'T GUNNA FUCKIN DO STONEHENGE!
That fucking sucks. They're definitely going to damage one of the oldest archeological sites in the world and they're just cool with it.
