Déjà vu as Fog of Argument Engulfs Stonehenge Ttunnel Inquiry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1150396,00.html
Stonehenge Tunnel Inquiry Opens
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/3493649.stm
Campaign to Protect Rural England
http://www.cpre.org.uk/
The Stonehenge Project [Macromedia Flash Reader]
http://www.thestonehengeproject.org/
Department for Culture, Media And Sport: World Heritage Sites
http://www.culture.gov.uk/historic_environment/World_Heritage.htm
English Heritage: The Future of Stonehenge [pdf]
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?WCI=Node&WCE=8395

The collection of megaliths in Wiltshire (west of London) known as Stonehenge is, without a doubt, one of the most well-known prehistoric sites in the entire world. For the past twenty years, tourism in the area has grown to almost unbearable levels, as a result, much of the infrastructure around the area (particularly the roads), are badly in need of a massive overhaul. While plans for redeveloping the area have been in the works for over a decade, the most recent plan to move the path of a highly congested road in the area into a tunnel underneath this magnificent structure has met with strong opposition. A recent inquiry was opened to hear debate about the plan, and several officials from the Campaign to Protect Rural England, although recognizing the need for the road, noted that this new development would have a "major impact" on the site. Many people hope that the government will accept that a longer tunnel for the road is an absolute must, including Martyn Heighton, the director of the National Trust, who expressed concern that the tunnel exits would be places of archaeological and "visually sensitive ridgelines." If approved, work on the tunnel and surrounding areas would start by 2005. [KMG]

The first link leads to a news article about the current public inquiry into the proposed tunnel under Stonehenge from this Wednesday's Guardian newspaper. The second link will take visitors to another article about the inquiry which talks about some of the misgivings from certain preservation experts. The third link leads to the homepage of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, and features various publications and policy statements, including the campaign's most recent commentary on the proposed road tunnel under Stonehenge. The fourth link leads to The Stonehenge Project website, which brings together a number of important documents about the proposed transformation of the site, including improving the visitor experience with better access and a new visitor center. The fifth link will take interested parties to a list of other World Heritage Sites in Britain, offered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a government agency in the United Kingdom. The sixth link leads to the site provided by the English Heritage organization (the group responsible for the management of Stonehenge itself) that contains some basic information about the project to redevelop the facilities and infrastructure in the area, along with detailed visitor information about the site in the present.