Some Experiment?!

On the 4th July just a few weeks ago, I put up a blog showing a letter from Wiltshire Council that explains why the Byways around Stonehenge didn't open following this year's Summer Solstice.....
Some nice new purpose built gates at enormous expense no doubt, have been installed across Byways 12 and 11 off the A303. 
We spoke to the guys at the most recent Highways Consultation www.highways.gov.uk/A303stonehenge/consultation and asked them if they knew anything about the new gates, because I was certainly confused that on their Consultation booklet page 8 it shows the two Byways with a brown dotted line which is explained in the "key" as:
"Existing Byway open to all traffic".   Their answer was that more than one body were involved in the decision, Wiltshire Council being one of those and Amesbury Town Council another and we think of course that English Heritage Trust would have had a part in it too.   Highways had NO say in the decision to close the Byways and said that there were still remaining decisions to be made about Kent Carriage Gates because it would require a very skinny horse to get through the gap provided for cyclists, horse riders and walkers!!!!   Usual half baked idea from officialdom!
This begs the question.....Were local Council tax payers consulted prior the closure....NO! 
Take a look at the this video, this is the resulting effect.....an accident waiting to happen.....

https://www.facebook.com/StonehengeTrafficActionGroup/posts/2216906388545788?comment_id=2217801728456254

This is what Wiltshire Council say.....
"The experimental orders will help improve safety for people using the byways by removing the vehicles using the route which have increased since the closure of the A344. The orders will also prevent further damage to the byways and the adjoining World Heritage Site and preserve/improve the experience around Stonehenge for visitors now and in the future. While the experimental orders are in force, it will be considered if they should be made permanent".
Apparently, from this posting from Wiltshire Council, we have until 12th January to comment...
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/news/articles/comments-welcomed-on-experimental-byways-closures-in-stonehenge-world-heritage-site
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