Way to anger the old gods
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.
Isn’t this out in farmland? Why is a tunnel needed? Are they going right under Stonehedge or something?
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.
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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.
Yes literally within 400yds of the stones building a cut and cover tunnel
Can I raise a practical question at this point? We gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow?
NO WE AIN’T GUNNA FUCKIN DO STONEHENGE!
Boosh RealCivilEngineer!
The tunnel’s gonna be in the strongest shape, isn’t it…
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.
