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Plan for £1.7bn Stonehenge tunnel approved again

By 2023-07-18T10:55:00

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Transport secretary gives road scheme the nod two years after it was quashed in High Court ruling

Plans to build a £1.7bn tunnel near Stonehenge have been approved by the Department of Transport, two years after they were thwarted by campaigners.

The 3.2km tunnel from Amesbury to Berwick Down was first given the green light in 2020 but quashed by the High Court the following year after a campaign by locals.

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