e WAC Executive:
1. We applaud the efforts of English Heritage and the National
Trust in attempting to improve visitor access to Stonehenge, in seeking
to remove roads from the vicinity of the monument, and in seeking to provide
adequate visitor facilities;
2. We call on the UK government to commission an independent
assessment of the cost and benefits of a long-bored tunnel for the A303;
3. We call on English Heritage to present a full set of
drawings and representations of both the cut-and-cover and long-bored
tunnels (including their entrances and approach cuttings) to the public,
to enable a full and informed debate on the alternatives;
4. We appeal to English Heritage not to cause irreversible
damage to the environs of Stonehenge for the sake of a cheaper solution
to the problem of removing surface roads.
1: Archaeological sites in the Stonehenge area. From Richards 1990.
2: Options for Stonehenge road improvements - the original proposals.
From Tunnel Vision
3: Route currently proposed for cut-and-cover tunnel. From Master Plan.
4: Location of National Trust estate within the Stonehenge World Heritage
Site. From Madison et al. 1998. From Master Plan 1998.
5: Distribution of known archaeological sites within the World Heritage
site. From Master Plan 1998.
Known sites threatened by the cut and cover tunnel (Master Plan 1998:
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PREHISTORIC SOCIETY RESPONSE TO ENGLISH HERITAGE RE-STONEHENGE
1. The Society supports the approach taken by