This is a tale of three major roads, combined cost about £7 billion. In the late 2010s it seemed likely that they would all be built. Yet by 2024 all three of them, the M4 bypass at Newport in Wales, the A303 tunnel under Stonehenge, and the Oxford to Cambridge ‘Expressway’, had been cancelled. The… Continue reading
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Four reasons not to tunnel under the Stonehenge world heritage site
I’ve followed the campaign to overturn the decision to drive a tunnel and dual carriageway through the World Heritage Site at Stonehenge for the past few years. This year and last I’ve taken a more active role, handing out leaflets outside the British Museum, and helping with Stonehenge Alliance’s online media campaign. Unlike more direct… Continue reading →