Stonehenge tunnel cancelled

• Rising costs to blame
• Area set to remain a traffic black-spot
• Critics say government has failed Stonehenge

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The proposed tunnel for the A303 at Stonehenge has been scrapped due to rising costs.

The bill for the 1.3-mile-long tunnel past the World Heritage site had climbed to over £500 million.

According to road transport minister, Tom Harris, such a huge sum 'cannot be justified and would not represent the best use of taxpayers' money.'

The Government has acknowledged that the tunnel was the only acceptable large-scale scheme to relieve congestion and to protect Stonehenge from the effects of so much passing traffic.

So after years of debate, motorists can expect no more than minor improvements to the A303.

The chairman of the RAC Foundation, David Holmes, said: 'A price should not be put on our heritage in this way.

'We are extremely disappointed that the Government has condemned Stonehenge to further environmental damage and the A303 to chronic congestion due to its failure to act.'