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Motorway Madness at Stonehenge The Proposed double barreled 303 tunnel will close every week (alternative tunnels to close fortnightly) for routine maintenance. Traffic will be diverted through local villages, mostly on Sundays. Plus it will be closed for breakdowns/accidents & demonstrations. Not good for local villages. The tunnel will have big vents for fumes, spaced out along its length with supposedly camouflaged chimneys. It will destroy ancient earthworks, some of which they say will be rebuilt nearby, by the contractors. Who knows the vibrations from the tunnel may damage the stones. Meanwhile enter Cornel Parker with his southern alternative route £70 Million Pounds Cheaper. Other problems are if a disaster should occur such as the Alps Tunnel recently, were many lives were lost. Stonehenge would then be associated with tragedy. The contractors assure us all the latest safety features will be used. BUT WE'VE HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE! If Stonehenge is damaged by the motorway how will we repair it. what happens in the future If/When other forms of transport are invented and roads become obsolete in 50 years time. As the Bristol London channel. The motorway through the world heritage site at the Egyptian Pyramids got stopped recently, because of international outrage. An alternative to roads
might be sky lifts, that go a bit like a cross between ski lifts &
electric pylons, but with capsules like on the London Eye. A network of
these running around the towns and villages of Wiltshire would relieve
the pressure for the Motorway at Stonehenge and still help people get
their shopping. Additional benefits could be less damage to the
environment, continued use of farmland, less suburban disruption. It
could go over back yards instead of going through them, development of
new technology and big savers on land purchase, as well as bringing the
community together through public transport. |
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