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Littlestone wrote:
Mustard wrote:
But you'd still have a road through the village, and a bunch of (legitimately) pissed off residents. Preferable from a conservation point of view maybe, but nowhere near the (relatively) simple solution that's available at Stonehenge. So it's kinda easy to see why it isn't up there on the EH priority list, nice though it would be from a TMA perspective.
The idea of a bypass for Avebury has been considered but it’d be even trickier there (from what I can remember) than at Stonehenge (and that’s even before the howls of protest from the, “It’ll destroy the environment.” and, It’ll wreck the archaeological record.” brigade). So, as you say, ‘nice though it would be from a TMA perspective’ it ain’t going to happen – principally because we’re a very small voice amid a much larger cacophony of other voices unwilling, or unable, to do anything. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t keep on saying what should be done, even though we’re often accused of ‘banging on’ about these issues...
Maybe when someone gets killed or seriously injured running the gauntlet across the road dividing the Great Circle will something be done. It beggars believe that they don't even have a lighted crossing considering all the school-kids that cross over there! EH have gates on either side for the public to pass through and will be held responsible for allowing it to happen.

Sanctuary wrote:
Maybe when someone gets killed or seriously injured running the gauntlet across the road dividing the Great Circle will something be done. It beggars believe that they don't even have a lighted crossing considering all the school-kids that cross over there! EH have gates on either side for the public to pass through and will be held responsible for allowing it to happen.
I once stopped for some pedestrians who were crossing (trying to cross!) from the south-west quadrant to the south-east quadrant. The fury of the the driver behind me was unbelievable. The crossing from the Red Lion to the north-east and north-south quadrants (not to mention the two bus stops situated either side of the road from the Red Lion) is really, really dangerous, and it just beggars belief that there’s no pedestrian crossing there (not to mention that, at last count, the speed limit there was still 30mph!). Crazy.

Sanctuary wrote:
Maybe when someone gets killed or seriously injured running the gauntlet across the road dividing the Great Circle will something be done. It beggars believe that they don't even have a lighted crossing considering all the school-kids that cross over there! EH have gates on either side for the public to pass through and will be held responsible for allowing it to happen.
Just want to add that i'm constantly amazed at the situation at Avebury, 3 areas in particular, the Ridgeway/Sanctuary crossing, the Kennet footpath where it joins up with the A4361 opposite the NT car park and the Red Lion corner are all absolutely treacherous crossings.