of a short and shallow tunnel. It noted: “The state party [the UK government] determined that the additional landscape benefits would not justify the additional costs … It is regretted that for such an iconic world heritage property, the arguments persist that the perceived benefits of a longer tunnel do not outweigh the costs.”
SaveStonehenge Everything is being desecrated in exchange for thousands of miles of Roads, Mass Housing and Mamouth High Speed Rail. Loss to the nation both in terms of Natural Heritage and National Heritage is appalling. Far worse than your 2014 Article suggests.
SaveStonehenge I am opposed to the tunnel (although it might speed my journeys along the A303 but why should anyone care about 'world heritage status' or indeed UNESCO?
Everton and that ground again
Everton away is gonna be a fucking trek next year
That'll be the fault of Everton s new ground
Failing to heed warnings - & there were plenty for Liverpool - comes with consequences.
Jesus fuck who cares?
tomhunt1988 Given your stance on other heritage issues, I assume you also oppose the rank vandalism that is digging up the Stonehenge site for the A303 tunnel instead of using a TBM to preserve our national heritage?
_thequietplace That would be sad is a magical place
Fuckin hell Everton, how big is this new stadium of ours actually gonna be? Not content with blocking out the Liver Building from the view of incoming ships, you’re now obstructing some bricks from the view of folks on the A303 🤷🏻♂️
Stonehenge Where the demons dwell, where the banshees live and they do live well. Stonehenge! Where a man's a man and the children dance to the Pipes of Pan.
I expect Edinburgh to lose its status. Inappropriate developments approved by Edinburgh council are prolific everywhere in the city and continue. The character of the city is being eroded. It’s all about money of course and locals opposition counts for nowt.
Seems to me you would only have to show up with an ice cream van, park it next to a world heritage site and you would be denied status in this country.
philosophybites ... so take your jab !
First Liverpool, then Stonehenge - where next?
They're gunning for us now, what will it be next?
Tories not just trying to destroy our future, but our history too 🙁
BorisJohnson your destroying our country
GrumpyYetAmusin Fecking eejits!
That’s like the Italians screwing up the Colliseum, like, it’s there, how the could you fail to complete this simple task
So depressing reading comments from people with so little pride in our heritage or interest in our ancestors that they think Stonehenge is just a ring of stones & don't care if it gets trashed. Seems even the British don't love their country any more.
Oh no, what will I do with my life now ☹️
Meanwhile our Prime Minister is more worried bot statues of slave traders
It seems to me that a cut and cover tunnel provides an excellent opportunity to learn more about the archaeology of the Stonehenge site. The only question is, is leaving the stuff in the ground for future generations (with maybe better tech) better than digging it up now?
GovHowardDean Good job Florida! You are 1
Is this Everton's fault as well?
I wonder what UNESCO had to say about the McDonalds and KFC built just yards away from the pyramids? Looks like the UK is being targeted by this self appointed quango.
Aww I wanted to go there. I guess with no tourism it doesn’t matter anymore.
How ironic to use the word 'conserving'. Can you please identify how BMD in Liverpool had been preserved over the decades? You and your colleagues criticise a project to renovate assets to their original state but fail to identify that they would otherwise be lost for ever.
Someone tell Unesco that no A roads existed when Stonehenge was built...
Another Guardian about Unesco. I note that in two previous articles complaining about Edinburgh and Liverpool, no replies are allowed. It's as if you do not wish to hear what locals think. Any thoughts on Paris losing its status for NOT knocking the Eiffel Tower down?
In short, sod our heritage, nature, beauty and archaeology - let’s just do whatever the hell we want FOR PROFIT! 😡🤬
People think Stonehenge is just the stones you see in the Circle, when it stretches way beyond that, with barrows, cursus, avenues, trackways and ancient settlements that are all part of it. The cut and cover risked destroying huge areas of this, not protecting it as it was meant
Conservatives BorisJohnson
What some people don't seem to realise is that the complex of Stonehenge is not just the stone circle, it's a whole landscape with features that relate to each other across thousands of years. Once part of it is destroyed the story is lost forever. The tunnel is a mistake.
BeingBoycie We know it's beautiful we don't need a fucking status to tell us.
Unesco obviously don't have to in the traffic jams on the A303 as drivers rubber neck the henge. So it loses a label, what, doesn't change it's historical value.
How stupid and greedy can ppl get? Just sad.
Should have lost it years ago. It looks ancient.
Too much concrete
It will be Everton's fault. Again.
This is what the country voted for, unfortunately.
WTF
Best news all day
Well, you could easily mistake it for Liverpool.
Just how big is Everton's new stadium?
Go ahead and strip it, I think Stonehenge will survive the loss of the badge.
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