The government announced today that it has decided not to proceed with any of the road scheme options that it had put forward in 2005 in relation to the A303 and Stonehenge.
It would instead look to implement small scale traffic improvements while working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and English Heritage, in consultation with other stakeholders, to review the World Heritage Site Management Plan and to consider alternative options for the development of new visitor facilities at Stonehenge.
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The National Trust believes that none of the options put forward in the 2005 Options Review would have adequately protected the special qualities of this unique World Heritage Site. Rather than committing irrevocably to an inappropriate solution the Trust has favoured focusing on short-term improvements which would not jeopardise the ability to develop an appropriate solution in the future.
Following today's Government announcement, and in the absence of an agreed long-term solution, the Trust looks forward to working with the Government, Wiltshire County Council, English Heritage and other partners to deliver short-term improvements within the Stonehenge landscape.
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