Stonehenge tunnel "too expensive to build" ... UN may list site as endangered
Stonehenge may be placed on the list of endangered World Heritage sites after the Government abandoned all the options it was considering for relieving congestion on the road that runs past it.
It means the site will be blighted indefinitely by heavy traffic on the A303, which passes close to the stones.
Despite spending more than £23 million over ten years on developing proposals, the Government decided that the various alternatives, including turning the road into a dual carriageway and burying it in a tunnel, were either too expensive or unacceptable on environmental grounds.
Unesco, the United Nations cultural body, said that it would consider placing Stonehenge on its endangered list when the World Heritage Committee met in Montreal in July.
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It means the site will be blighted indefinitely by heavy traffic on the A303, which passes close to the stones.
Despite spending more than £23 million over ten years on developing proposals, the Government decided that the various alternatives, including turning the road into a dual carriageway and burying it in a tunnel, were either too expensive or unacceptable on environmental grounds.
Unesco, the United Nations cultural body, said that it would consider placing Stonehenge on its endangered list when the World Heritage Committee met in Montreal in July.