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Local roundup of all the latest news on Stonehenge;

http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/display.var.1902090.0.stonehenge_so_what_now.php"


Mr.Key says...

"Because the tunnel is abandoned, planning permission falls on the proposed new English Heritage visitors' centre. The £24m promised by the Heritage Lottery Fund will no doubt go to the 2012 Olympic Games instead.

"The Government must still honour its promise to UNESCO to close the A334 past the stones and upgrade the very poor visitor facilities.

"They must also upgrade the A303 and install electronic traffic management. They must build the Winterbourne Stoke bypass and the flyover at Countess roundabout in Amesbury."

Calling for the setting up of a stakeholder task force, Mr Key added: "The Government should consider the option proposed ten years ago of a new visitors' centre and car park in the dip in the downs 1km to the west of the stones, accessed from the existing A344 from Airman's Corner."

Well I hope the promise to UNESCO to close the A334 past the stones and upgrade the visitor centre, which are relatively cheap and easy measures, doesn't get linked into plans to build a new visitor centre and thereby cause years of extra delay to the other improvements/

"Upgrade the visitor centre" doesn't mean immediately draw up plans for a £67 million new facility. Let's get some real improvements accomplished first. A new VC is an entirely different issue that should have its own timescale.