Leicester Mercury

Go-ahead for tunnel

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A CONTROVERS­IAL plan to dig a road tunnel near Stonehenge has been given the go-ahead by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

The decision goes against the recommenda­tions of planning officials, who warned it would cause “permanent, irreversib­le harm” to the World Heritage Site in Wiltshire near the busy A303.

Highways England says its plan for a two-mile tunnel will remove the sight and sound of traffic passing the site and cut journey times.

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Highways England is planning a two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge

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