Stonehenge Tunnel

[gareth h]

anonymous said:

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Not sure it would improve traffic flow though, it’s a real pinch point, I think the desire is to eventually have dual carriageway from Amesbury to Exeter

[irocfan]

Blackpuddin said:

alfaspecial said:

We are told that there will be a ban on ICE vehicles in just 10 years time..... so the bulk of the noise issue will just have been taken care of by say 2035?

If the bright sparks at English Heritage have even considered this I would be amazed.

not sure I agree TBH - there are currently 35mill cars on the road and new registrations are 2.5mill per-annum, it'll take quite some time longer I suspect

[Blackpuddin]

anonymous said:

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Surely that's precisely what they DO want, they hate the fact that motorists get a free view as they slow down along that road for that exact purpose – and this is IMO what causes at least as much of the congestion there as the pinch from two lanes to one. They want to hide it so that you'll have to pay to see it.

[sgrimshaw]

Saleen836 said:

It's not far from me,can I tag along in my Mustang?

Absolutely !

[Fishy Dave]

Saleen836 said:

sgrimshaw said:

I've started the queue for the first TVR drive through .....

It's not far from me,can I tag along in my Mustang?

Me too, in the Corvette! Selfishly the acoustics of a tunnel are the main reason I've hoped they would build this, the south west has always lacked a decent tunnel.

[Saleen836]

Fishy Dave said:

Saleen836 said:

sgrimshaw said:

I've started the queue for the first TVR drive through .....

It's not far from me,can I tag along in my Mustang?

Me too, in the Corvette! Selfishly the acoustics of a tunnel are the main reason I've hoped they would build this, the south west has always lacked a decent tunnel.

On a recent drive out down to West Bay I found a new route home which involves a tunnel!

Only a short one at approx 105m but long enough to enjoy the V8 along with supercharger whine

[sgrimshaw]

Saleen836 said:

On a recent drive out down to West Bay I found a new route home which involves a tunnel!

Only a short one at approx 105m but long enough to enjoy the V8 along with supercharger whine

Beaminster Tunnel ?

[LJFoley]

The obvious but unpopular solution would be to get rid of the useless stones and build a useful road.

[the tribester]

As soon as they break ground, they'll come across the remains of another historic artifact/village/burial site, that will mean stopping work until it's all examined. That £2.4 billion budget figure will grow like the dome.

[croyde]

I remember seeing the stones up close and touching them.

How much is it now to stand at a fence keeping you many many metres away? Seems pointless to me.

[irocfan]

croyde said:

I remember seeing the stones up close and touching them.

How much is it now to stand at a fence keeping you many many metres away? Seems pointless to me.

It's not cheap - went today on the early morning guided tour. £50 a head was it worth it? Objectively, no. Not at all! Subjectively, though, it wasn't not worth it either. That money goes towards English Heritage etc etc and the tour is interesting.

[Zetec-S]

gareth h said:

Not sure it would improve traffic flow though, it’s a real pinch point, I think the desire is to eventually have dual carriageway from Amesbury to Exeter

Perfect if they could do that, but I suspect we'll develop Star Trek style beaming technology quicker than upgrading it all to dual carriageway.

[Saleen836]

sgrimshaw said:

Saleen836 said:

On a recent drive out down to West Bay I found a new route home which involves a tunnel!

Only a short one at approx 105m but long enough to enjoy the V8 along with supercharger whine

Beaminster Tunnel ?

[Yertis]

Saleen836 said:

sgrimshaw said:

Saleen836 said:

On a recent drive out down to West Bay I found a new route home which involves a tunnel!

Only a short one at approx 105m but long enough to enjoy the V8 along with supercharger whine

Beaminster Tunnel ?

I found that tunnel by accident when out in the TR6 – what joy!

[Matthen]

Andddd progress has stopped again. The anti-progress mob have managed to drag it to the high court, and won. Millions more hours of productivity lost in the jams along there, not to mention the tax payers money disappearing down the drains.

The govt should be embarrassed; clearly an elementary mistake has been made somewhere.

[ATG]

It didn't represent progress in any way. It would have been a spectacular waste of money as a transport project, and it was a complete conceptual failure from start to finish from an archaeological perspective. It was an idiotic proposal. Thank god it has been torpedoed.

[Blackpuddin]

anonymous said:

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Or something more natural. Nature can provide all the solutions here at a fraction of the cost.

[MiniMan64]

anonymous said:

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I think the rubber necking is vastly over estimated, people only “stop” to see it because they’re stuck in traffic caused by the constant single/dual carriageway changes.

Stuff a tunnel, find a better route for the road to the south west and use the money to build a proper road

[DodgyGeezer]

Blackpuddin said:

anonymous said:

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Or something more natural. Nature can provide all the solutions here at a fraction of the cost.

time - anything natural will take a considerable amount of time to provide decent screening

[ATG]

MiniMan64 said:

anonymous said:

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I think the rubber necking is vastly over estimated, people only “stop” to see it because they’re stuck in traffic caused by the constant single/dual carriageway changes.

Stuff a tunnel, find a better route for the road to the south west and use the money to build a proper road

This.