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Stonehenge tunnel ruled unlawful

High court says transport secretary failed to consider alternative schemes breached world heritage convention and common law

Mark Moran
31 July 2021
Design for the entrance for the proposed tunnel

 

Campaigners have won a high court battle to prevent a controversial road project that includes a tunnel near Stonehenge.

The £1.7bn scheme to overhaul eight miles of the A303 in Wiltshire next to the prehistoric monument was backed by the government last year. However, campaigners including archaeologists, environmental groups and druids, launched a judicial review calling for the decision to be overturned.

On 30 July, Mr Justice Holgate ruled that transport secretary Grant Shapps had...

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