Ralph Smyth MA BCL.....engage brain before mouth please!

I thank Salisbury's MP johnglenmp.com for providing a link to a story in this morning's Telegraph....please read here those who are remotely interested in matters A303...it won't take too much of your time:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/10783496/Stonehenge-tunnel-plans-could-be-revived.html 
I am astounded at a comment within the piece from One......
Ralph Smyth MA BCL  who is Senior Transport campaigner for CPRE: Campaign to protect Rural England....he has lots of attributes to his name, and is both a Barrister and Bachelor of Civil Law.   I'm wondering if he's been locked up rather than locking others up, for the past 10 years from the following.....and I quote: "The traffic at Stonehenge hasn't increased in the last 10 years and it does not justify the huge cost of a tunnel"   He goes on to say that "a tunnel would be preferable to a dual carriageway at the surface, which could cause the historic site to lose its World Heritage status".   Where is he coming from?....I call that running with the hare and hunting with hound!!   I don't suppose he's all that interested in reading anything from local people who have to live with the queues along this section of the A303 and the fact that our villages have become untenable with rat run traffic, which we all experience throughout the summer and Bank Holidays.  If he is of a mind to, he can read blogs at: www.sh2.co.uk but he probably won't even bother.   For his information, the increased traffic figures are available at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/traffic-counts/cp.php?la=Wiltshire#countpointstable  count point i.d. 6874  These figures are only up to 2012, so prior to the new Stonehenge visitor's centre opening last year.   In just 4 months, they report a 10% increase in ticket sales with 21,000 visitors during the Easter holiday......how did Ralph Smyth think that many people arrived there???? And just as an update following the Atkins Traffic Survey of one week during March 2014 and the same week during August 2015.....on the 8th August over 1100 vehicles used the very narrow, no pavement, High Street in Shrewton, which is part of the rat run created by the now very successful Stonehenge Visitor's Centre and we have to deal with this in going about our daily lives Ralph!!!!
In his capacity as a barrister, he should get his facts straight before putting his proverbial foot in mouth.....which is another rural problem he probably knows nothing about!
Of course, living where he does in London, he is completely out of touch with the consequences of not improving the A303 in some way shape or form and is clearly less than interested in the economy of the West Country and the main industry of tourism!   I urge him also to get on his bike as he appears to be a fit bugg....r .....oops sorry! gentleman, and cycle along the A303 past Stonehenge on a Bank Holiday Saturday and experience for himself .....the chaos that is an increase in traffic!!!!

If you want to take this up with the CPRE directly, then their contact details are:

National Office
Campaign to Protect Rural England
5-11 Lavington Street
London
SE1 0NZ

Tel: 020 7981 2800
Fax: 020 7981 2899

Email: info@cpre.org.uk