The proposed tunnel under Stonehenge would upset drivers and face major construction problems, writes Deryck Laming, of Herrington Geoscience. This is what Mr Laming says: "Your news article "Stonehenge tunnel could cost £1.32bn" and editorial "Stonehenge tunnel is a bargain" (Western Daily Press September 30) discussed various options for removing A303 traffic from the vicinity of the monument, on a basis of a tunnel being part of the scheme.
Nowhere was it mentioned that a diverted highway on the surface was also an option, and a far less damaging one at that.
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Mr Laming writes a very good article and goes on to explain the geology around the area of Stonehenge which, of course will be a very large part of the preparations for such a tunnel. So! I draw his attention to an earlier Post of mine dated back as far as 27/04/2014 titled:
Madeira an Island of Tunnels,
which as at today, has had 206 readings and to save you looking it up....this is what I said:
Two days later your opinions had a different tone – the editorial "Road improvement delay is unacceptable" expressed disapproval of five years being too long for the scheme to get started, rightly linking it with increasing road traffic casualties. It expressed the view that the removal of traffic from the vicinity was worth whatever expenditure is required, but again did not mention the surface option to shorten the delay."
Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Stonehenge-shouldn-t-going-underground/story-28020775-detail/story.html#ixzz3pCrGMaH3 Mr Laming writes a very good article and goes on to explain the geology around the area of Stonehenge which, of course will be a very large part of the preparations for such a tunnel. So! I draw his attention to an earlier Post of mine dated back as far as 27/04/2014 titled:
Madeira an Island of Tunnels,
which as at today, has had 206 readings and to save you looking it up....this is what I said:
"The geology of this is interesting in that Madeira, is volcanic rock which is soft, light and porous called pumice and lends itself well to drilling. The geology around Stonehenge however, is soft white porous, sedimentary rock a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and does not lend itself to the wet....but apparently they've got that sussed now - a sponge the size of Hampshire might help!!? The chemical form of calcite....Ca C03.... could that be an alliteration!? If tunnelling gets the go-ahead, following feasibility studies, we are reliably informed by John Glen MP johnglenmp.com during the 90 minute debate in Westminster Hall on 4th March last year, that "the difference now, compared with previous attempts to deal with the problem, is that Britain's engineering expertise has developed and we now have an international reputation for excellence in large-scale infrastructure projects involving tunnelling" This expertise has been accumulated from the building of the Hindhead Tunnel and the Thames Valley Tideway tunnel......Thank heavens they did all the rehearsals out of our area!!!"
