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. |
Highway Code changes to create new road user hierarchy
Comment: Highways England must do more for road users and taxpayers
Government successfully defends RIS 2 from legal challenge
