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Friday 8 February 2019

Close but no cigar!


My thanks are due to Charlott Higgins - Chief Culture Writer for the Guardian and this link to....a very long piece in today's copy....

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/08/the-battle-for-the-future-of-stonehenge


From the story about Stonehenge - past and future, it does appear that Charlotte in her research, probably spoke to the majority of interested parties and at least STAG are referenced in the 8th paragraph.   Unfortunately, it appears we are the only group she missed talking to.   I have written to her personally to say that I would have been happy to meet with her while she was doing her research for the story and she would have found out how local village residents (Shrewton in our case) are affected by the beleaguered A303 in it's present "not fit for purpose" state.

Charlotte.....everything you say in the piece is very important and balanced but you should have realized that local people have a voice too!!

1 comment:

Dr.Strange said...

It would appear that "locals" in this context would be those living in a North/South divide running on the West side from the A360 going from Long Barrow roundabout to the Stonehenge Visitor Centre roundabout, and the East side along the route of the A345 in a corridor approximately 1 mile wide with the Stonehenge monument lying at the centre line.
Therefore the residents of Winterbourne Stoke, and Shrewton, currently bedevilled by traffic issues, "don't get a look in", with the same going for Chitterne, Bulford and Durrington.