One of the world's most famous heritage sites, Stonehenge, is threatened by a massive and highly destructive road-building scheme:

The British Government's Department for Transport is planning to widen the A303 highway that runs close to the monument.

The result will effectively be the "M303": a four-lane dual carriageway from London to the West Country cutting right through the heart of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

Only the central 1.3-mile-long section of the new road nearest to the stone circle would be in a tunnel. The other six miles of the highway would be bulldozed at ground level, or in cuttings (deep trenches), through the priceless landscape around Stonehenge. Even with the tunnel, over two miles of brand new, four-lane highway would still be bulldozed through the World Heritage Site.

Outside the tunnel, the World Heritage Site would be split in two by two noisy and unsightly dual carriageways (four-lane highways), securely fenced and with long cuttings leading down to tunnel entrances, lit day and night.

The stone circle will not be harmed, but its landscape setting will be badly damaged and other important archaeological remains will be destroyed.

The road would have major ecological impacts and damaging effects on local communities.
New tunnel design is still bad news
The British Government's Department for Transport has now backtracked on its original plan to bulldoze the tunnel through the world heritage site using a method called cut-and-cover. Instead, the tunnel will now be bored underground. But the tunnel proposed is still highly damaging and Save Stonehenge will continue to fight it.
We must not let saving a few minutes of motorists' time become more important than preserving 5000 years of history.

Will the British Government listen? Or will it drive bulldozers through Stonehenge regardless?

We need your help to stop this - the time for direct action ins nigh!!