Heritage Journal...completely out of touch!!

https://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/stonehenge-how-will-the-loss-of-world-heritage-status-be-spun/#comments

Check out their response to my letter on their site today....it's at the bottom of the page.   In many ways they come across as out of touch with the real world, focusing on one thing without looking at the wider picture...and sarcastic into the bargain especially the comment: "that's terribly funny"??  Needless to say, they won't print my letter and since when was it the plan to: "drive a mile of new dual carriageway over the protected landscape"?   out of touch or what!!

This is what I wrote:   

The majority of people against “doing something about the A303” past Stonehenge, do NOT live where we live! My campaign STAG: Stonehenge Traffic Action Group was created to address the ever increasing traffic through our village of Shrewton on Salisbury Plain, where drivers following sat navs divert off the beleaguered A303 and take to narrow unsuitable roads to avoid the queues which are now every day all day. On just one of the 4 entry points to our village, the speed indicator device for the month of June 2019 registered 139,393 vehicles! There are 26 houses on this narrow stretch of road with no pavements where the residents have to negotiate a left hand bend to come down into the village for shop, school and doctors. Yes it’s possible that UNESCO could “take away” the World Heritage Status of the World Heritage Site around Stonehenge….So what if it’s removed…..will people stop visiting the monument because it doesn’t hold WHS status, I think not. After all, the city of Dresden in Germany lost their status in 2005 because they decided to deal with a traffic problem by building a bridge over the River Elbe, and people from around the world still visit Dresden!!!
Whilst we appreciate fixing the A303 around Stonehenge will create disruption for us all, and in fact will probably unearth further archaeology, would this be a bad thing, since there is undiscovered archaeology all over the UK. Life must evolve and finding new artifacts may well be to the good. I’m certain that archaeologists from Highways England, are working closely with National Trust archaeologists and have come together to find common ground and the changes will be carried out appropriately and in a sympathetic manner, opening up the route to assist the economy of the West country, whilst returning the land to nature and wild life and….giving us back our village. Putting the A303 into a tunnel will achieve all of this and there is no reason why there cannot be a balance between the living and the dead!

This is their reply: " "

23/07/2019 at 14:42

heritageaction

Unfortunately, the value of the Stonehenge World Heritage Landscape exceeds all the points you raise. Other solutions must be found for the villages.

As for: “I’m certain that archaeologists from Highways England, are working closely with National Trust archaeologists and have come together to find common ground and the changes will be carried out appropriately and in a sympathetic manner” that’s terribly funny.