Stonehenge tunnel: plans for £1.6bn scheme published

Heritage bodies express concern new route will be opened up for vehicles to pass close to the site

Initial designs for a tunnel at Stonehenge have been published, seeking to show how the £1.6bn scheme could restore a sense of beauty and tranquillity to the ancient landscape.

A slightly longer tunnel than previously mooted has been proposed – spanning just under two miles (3km) – to counter concerns that precious barrow burial mounds could be damaged and a view of the setting sun at the winter solstice lost.

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