A358 upgrade 'has been a long time coming'13/10/2021 National Highways has launched a consultation for the upgrade of the A358 in Somerset, seven years after prime minister David Cameron announced that the scheme would be one of three major schemes in the key A303 corridor. |
Tender announced for £60m Stonehenge job17/06/2021 Highways England has launched its search for a Delivery Assurance Partner to support the delivery of the £1.7bn A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme. |
Shapps backs another A303 dualling scheme04/02/2021 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has given the formal green light to a plan to add a further three miles of dual carriageway to the A303 in Somerset. |
Ministers 'could stop digging' as A303 tunnel costs rise02/03/2020 Highways England has described as ‘speculation’ reports that the planned tunnel for the A303 at Stonehenge could be scrapped. |
No light at the end of tunnel funding impasse06/01/2020 The Planning Inspectorate has passed its recommendation on plans to build a tunnel at Stonehenge to the transport secretary but the project remains unfunded. |
UN unhappy as Govt saves £540m on Stonehenge tunnel04/06/2019 The UN is set to urge ministers to reconsider plans for a tunnel at Stonehenge, including extending the tunnel so its western portal is outside the World Heritage Site – a move the UK has rejected on cost grounds. |
UNESCO feedback 'will inform final Stonehenge plan'16/04/2018 Highways England has pledged to further refine its plans for a tunnel at Stonehenge in response to the views of international heritage experts. |
New route for the Stonehenge road tunnel unveiled as costs rise12/09/2017 Highways England has modified its plans for a road tunnel under Stonehenge as part of its £1.6bn A303 upgrade, however it still faces staunch criticism over the scheme and its mounting costs. |
Government gives green light to Stonehenge tunnel plans12/01/2017 Plans for a 1.8 mile road tunnel that will run past Stonehenge have been finalised by the Government. |
JV awarded £17.5m design contract for A30314/01/2016 An Atkins/Arup joint venture has been appointed as design consultant for the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down in Wiltshire. |
Highways England to replace low quality stone on A30324/06/2015 Highways England will carry out remedial works on the A303 near Amesbury after stone used in the original scheme was contaminated with low quality materials. |
£2.5m resurfacing works on A30321/01/2015 Resurfacing work totalling £2.5 million will start this month on the A303 near Amesbury. |
Traffic group wants A303 dualled18/12/2013 A local traffic group has called on the government to dual the A303 west from Stonehenge. |
Moving traffic enforcement powers available from February
Road maintenance budgets face £400m cut, councils warn
Government sponsors real-time lidar surveying tools
Retaining wall solution first of its type to secure Environmental Product Declaration
