I posted the following, re the floods, on a previous posting headed "Mother Nature....etc...." "So!...what's all this got to do with STAG: Stonehenge Traffic Action Group and it's efforts to get the A303 upgraded, I hear you ask....well here comes OUR "connection"....we must not forget the disruption caused to the people and their businesses in the West Country and on down to the bottom of Cornwall. With no railway until well into the spring.....freight and passengers will be forced to take to the roads. The most used westerly route will be M4>>>>M5 and it just takes a minor incident on either of these routes, and no diversions through Somerset due to the flooding.....to bring everything to a stand still. Tourism being a major industry in the West country.....No rail....no road.....no goods.....no employment.......no economy...simples! 
It's well documented, that in this area of Stonehenge, dualling the A303 has been a dedication by many for over 30 years.....long before STAG took up the gauntlet......but it does now appear that Whitehall are listening:
| Posted: February 17, 2014
Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Region-s-poor-road-rail-links-exposed/story-20641823-detail/story.html#ixzz2tgmGNQUD
Ending bottlenecks on the A303 cross-country road between the South West and London could happen quicker than expected amid flooding paralysing the region's transport network.
Whitehall officials have been ordered to see if they can accelerate a study into improving the notorious A303-A30-A358 route, it has emerged.
If so, ministers want to be able to commit funding by this year's Autumn Statement, rather than 2015 as planned. Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Region-s-poor-road-rail-links-exposed/story-20641823-detail/story.html#ixzz2tglcfy
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