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Highways England Consultation — A303/Stonehenge

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nigelswift Mar 9, 2017 16:34:51
Replying to jonmor

I think we're talking at cross purposes. Of course they can present cost benefit analyses to compare different tunnel or road options with each other but those can't be used to set against heritage value or the loss thereof to produce a meaningful judgement. There is no system for doing such a thing.

How would you decide which would damage humanity most, banning cheese or pandas?! Please tell me before we continue! ;)

J jonmor
jonmor Mar 9, 2017 18:31:15
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
How would you decide which would damage humanity most, banning cheese or pandas?! Please tell me before we continue! ;)
I'd ban the pandas from Stonehenge. Don't ban the cheese. I hope English Heritage don't consider banning cheese.

Highways have already valued it using the CVA method Nigel. What you or I would like to see is almost irrelevant because it has already been done.

Personally, I think that this particular monument will prove, at some time in the future, to be far more valuable than has been assumed by the CVA; perhaps even "invaluable". However, that belief is based on an unproven (geocentric) hypothesis, which would allow a much higher 'monetized' valuation if proven true. But, as the archaeos have pointed out in their submission, these things take decades and only months or years remain.