Stonehenge tunnel scrapped as chancellor tackles '£22bn overspend'29/07/2024 The £1.7bn A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme has been scrapped by chancellor Rachel Reeves, as part of cutbacks she blamed on a £22bn inherited overspend this year. |
UNESCO set to put Stonehenge on 'danger' list26/06/2024 The UN is set to put Stonehenge on its list of 'World Heritage in Danger' sites because of the potential impact of the plan to build a tunnel in the area. |
National Highways presses on with A303 works09/04/2024 National Highways has started preliminary work on its £2bn A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme. |
National Highways celebrates High Court Stonehenge scheme win23/02/2024 National Highways has won a legal judgement in the High Court over the secretary of state for transport’s decision to grant the Development Consent Order for the A303 Stonehenge scheme. |
£10m 'protest management' contract signed for Stonehenge scheme14/08/2023 National Highways has awarded a contract worth up to £10m for security work and protest management on the A303 Stonehenge project. |
Ministers again overrule inspectors over A30317/07/2023 Campaigners have accused the transport secretary of a decision that ‘will permanently disfigure Britain’s most significant and sacred prehistoric landscape’ after he gave the go-ahead for National Highways’ controversial plans for a tunnel for the A303 at Stonehenge. |
Comment: Stonehenge joins the digital age with Bentley and National Highways07/07/2023 Paul Rotter, marketing manager at Bentley Systems, discusses a pilot of a digital twin platform on the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project. |
National Highways digs in over A303 'rethink'20/09/2022 National Highways has said it is entitled to stick to its cut-price plans for the A303 at Stonehenge and pushed back against a suggestion from UNESCO that reconsideration of the scheme’s planning application should await a meeting of its world heritage body. |
National Highways names preferred bidder for £1.25bn Stonehenge scheme26/05/2022 National Highways has selected the MORE joint venture as its preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for the tunnel and main construction work for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme at Stonehenge. |
Govt pledges continued commitment to Stonehenge scheme, despite cuts29/10/2021 The transport secretary is still committed to the £1.9bn Stonehenge Tunnel scheme and plans to 'redetermine' its planning application, the Department for Transport has said, despite the Treasury appearing to cut its funding. |
Stonehenge procurement continues despite High Court ruling05/08/2021 Highways England has committed to progressing the construction contracts process for the A303 upgrade and Stonehenge Tunnel scheme, despite a High Court ruling quashing the DCO for the £1.7bn project. |
Campaigners win Stonehenge High Court battle: Judge quashes DCO30/07/2021 The High Court has quashed transport secretary Grant Shapps' Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Stonehenge Tunnel - handing campaigners a major victory in their bid to end the project. |
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. |
Stonehenge Tunnel case to be heard in High Court18/02/2021 Campaigners against the £2bn Stonehenge Tunnel scheme have secured a court hearing in their judicial review challenge. |
Highways England celebrates Stonehenge scheme's support for local business04/02/2021 More than 150 companies have signed up to be a part of Highways England’s flagship Stonehenge scheme - the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade. |
Legal action looms over Stonehenge 'vandalism'01/12/2020 A coalition of campaigners has taken the first step towards a legal challenge against the Government’s plan to build a tunnel at Stonehenge. |
Stonehenge tunnel wins development consent12/11/2020 Development consent has been given to the Stonehenge tunnel and wider A303 improvement scheme. |
Stonehenge decision delayed again16/07/2020 The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced another delay to its decision on whether to approve the development of the Stonehenge Tunnel. |
Road Investment Strategy 2 published: £27.4bn 2020-202511/03/2020 The Government has published the long-awaited Road Investment Strategy for 2020 to 2025 (RIS 2), with a budget of £27.4bn. |
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. |
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