[News] Stonehenge tunnel, the best way to spend £1.7B of public money?

[goldstone]

Yes. Build it. It's needed.

 

[happypig]

It seems there's always money for London-centric projects; the A303 being one of the "London to the West Country" routes. See also A23 improvements vs cancelled A27 projects.

 

[Bombardier]

When labour get into power they will face the same demands from the various groups / people who will want / demand an upgrade to this, that other road. Will be interesting to see how they manage. Personally, the Arundel by pass is hugely needed as it takes out a ridiculous bottle neck but if the government are going to postpone this on the grounds of cost then there is feck all chance Worthing is going to get one as that is going to be billions.

 

[A1X]

Would it not be much cheaper to just build a new road taking the traffic away from the site?

 

[portlock seagull]

It’s a monumental waste of money…

 

[HeaviestTed]

If I was a betting man I’d say all the Tory donors/mp’s who have enough to have second mansions in Cornwall but not enough to commute by helicopter have pushed for this.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Trouble is Husty it won't be on time and absolutely no where £1.7B on final spend for these projects never are.

 

[Motogull]

Why not just plant some trees and bushes alongside the existing road to prevent traffic slowing rubber-necking?

 

[Husty]

Trouble is Husty it won't be on time and absolutely no where £1.7B on final spend for these projects never are.

And? We need to build infrastructure not sit about and moan and quibble.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

I accept your point it's as you know projects like this never run to budget. £1.7B might be July 23 costs but let's say they actually start March 24 we know that costs will have increased.

 

[clapham_gull]

Would it not be much cheaper to just build a new road taking the traffic away from the site?

Or build a new henge out of a sensible modern material and rip out the old one.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

It’d be ok if they looked after it. We now have rail and road networks collapsing due to insufficient resourcing but appear to be quite happy spending billions on HS2, tunnels and so called smart motorways claiming they are our future. The wrong people are running this country because the ones that are have forgotten the present.

 

[studio150]

More roads - that'll make everything better.

As it's a tunnel no doubt cyclists will be prohibited from using, so you should be rejoicing that motor vehicles and cycles will be on separate paths around Stonehenge.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Or build a new henge out of a sensible modern material and rip out the old one.

That was basically done in the 1900's. The current henge is only an idea of what it may have looked like.

 

[Brok]

Q

That was basically done in the 1900's. The current henge is only an idea of what it may have looked like.

Quite possibly...

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiGysj42JCAAxXZtqQKHUr9CUgQwqsBegQIDhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHlRsgG2yoZw&usg=AOvVaw1H5dzfH5cFw75SgqQxk2ov&opi=89978449

I've often thought that the rebuild is just one blokes idea of what he thought it should look like, rather than what it actually looked like...

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Compared to the £100 billion + being wasted on HS2, it’s a bargain.

 

[zefarelly]

Worthing tunnel, Chichester tunnel and newhaven through out past rottingdean tunnel would be great

Southwick to Fecamp Bridge/tunnel as well while we're at it.

 

[Weststander]

Quite. The road is single lane in many places. Once you get past the roundabout that takes you to the stones the traffic is just as slow. I'll be doing the journey for the umpteenth time in a few weeks.

Who's paying for this?

Brexit Bonus

 

[Weststander]

Compared to the £100 billion + being wasted on HS2, it’s a bargain.

I was going to post the same thing.

Because Brummies and Mancs whinged for decades that all public transport spend was in London.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

It’d be ok if they looked after it. We now have rail and road networks collapsing due to insufficient resourcing but appear to be quite happy spending billions on HS2, tunnels and so called smart motorways claiming they are our future. The wrong people are running this country because the ones that are have forgotten the present.

The henge is a bit of a wreck these days as well, and no longer fit for purpose.

Pull it down and replace with a proper sundial that actually works.