Druids face defeat as bulldozers get set for Stonehenge bypass

Nov 7, 2020

It has been bitterly debated for the previous three many years, however the newest plans to partially bury the A303 in a tunnel beside Stonehenge might this week lastly get approval from transport secretary Grant Shapps.

The £2.4bn scheme – which can see the traffic-choked highway to the west nation widened right into a twin carriageway close to the traditional web site earlier than taking pictures down a two-mile tunnel – has pitted archaeologists, native campaigners and even the nation’s druids in opposition to the mixed may of Highways England, English Heritage and the National Trust.

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