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[–] Streamwave 18 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I'm glad about this. There's clearly major issues with traffic in that area, but why on earth would the solution be to build a huge tunnel so close to one of our most ancient and iconic heritage sites? Think of all the archaeological relics this might have destroyed.

Just build a new road further away from Stonehenge!

[–] Zip2 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I couldn’t agree more, the destruction of what might be there was my major concern. Digging a tunnel through a world heritage site should never have been approved in the first place, even if archaeologists excavated it all by hand.

And I guess building a new road further away would eat into other national parks/landscapes. Not sure what the answer is here. Suck it up I guess.

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 4 points 3 months ago

If they took it right through the hills and brought out out by Winterbourne Stoke then it would be much better I think?

Most of the traffic is through traffic anyway. Bringing it up by Long Barrow Roundabout (it's in the name!) was crazy.

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