tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65381185501061058622024-03-24T00:11:19.736-07:00STAG Stonehenge Traffic Action GroupA campaign to dual the A303 west of Stonehenge.
Since the closure of the A344 past Stonehenge, traffic has increased on the A303, causing rat running through Shrewton and other local villages. This has endangered the lives of local people as drivers follow sat navs trying to avoid queues on the A303. The A303 needs to be dualled past Stonehenge and a by-pass for Winterbourne Stoke is much needed.Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-68471898202097057572024-02-21T06:20:00.000-08:002024-02-21T07:50:54.424-08:00SSWHS looking for yet more money....eye watering amounts too!!!<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This "press release" is the same old hyperbole we've come to expect from this shower...so nothing new there but take a look at the money they need, to raise an appeal!!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stonehenge Alliance Press Release</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Judgement threatens Stonehenge World
Heritage Site
For Immediate Release: </p><p style="text-align: center;">Monday 19 February, 2024</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) </p><p style="text-align: center;">[1] learnt that its judicial review of the
Government’s decision to approve a highly damaging, £2.5bn road scheme through Stonehenge
World Heritage Site, for a second time [2], had been unsuccessful. Mr Justice Holgate in handing
down his judgement today dismissed the application [3]. SSWHS have said that they intend to appeal
the decision. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The judgement comes after a 3 day hearing in the High Court in December [4]. UNESCO [5], five
planning inspectors [6] and over 236,000 people [7] were all opposed to National Highways’ highly
damaging plans. Save Stonehenge WHS’s legal action had been the only thing stopping the giant
earth movers from entering this 5,000-year-old landscape. </p><p style="text-align: center;">John Adams, chair of the Stonehenge Alliance [8] and one of the 3 directors of SSWHS, said: </p><p style="text-align: center;">“In the face of Government indifference to the harm this road will cause the World Heritage
Site, we had no choice but to bring this legal action. While this judgement is a huge blow and
exposes the site to National Highway’s state sponsored vandalism, we will continue the
fight. In the dying days of this Conservative Government, which has inflicted so much
damage on the country, we cannot let it destroy our heritage as well.” </p><p style="text-align: center;">Tom Holland, historian and president of the Stonehenge Alliance, said: </p><p style="text-align: center;">“This is a devastating loss, not just for everyone who has campaigned against the
Government’s pig-headed plans for the Stonehenge landscape, but for Britain, for the world,
and for subsequent generations.” </p><p style="text-align: center;">SSWHS successfully raised over £80,000 to bring this action. SSWHS will now have to raise a further
£15,000 in order to apply for permission to appeal at the Court of Appeal. If a hearing is granted, a
further £40,000 could be required </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>- ENDS -</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Notes to editors:</p><p style="text-align: center;">[1] Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site is a limited company set up by three individuals closely
associated with the Stonehenge Alliance to specifically challenge the original Government decision
on 12 November 2020 to approve National Highways’ damaging scheme.
SSWHS applied for a judicial review of the Government’s second approval of the scheme on 14 July,
2023 (six days before the Somerset and Frome by-election). </p><p style="text-align: center;">[2] The first judicial review was held 23-25 June 2021, with the judgement being handed down by Mr
Justice Holgate on 30 July 2021, quashing the Development Consent Order. </p><p style="text-align: center;">[3] Mr Justice Holgate’s judgement While he dismissed SSWHS’s application, one of the grounds (The
Secretary of State’s approach in relation to the cumulative effect of greenhouse gas emissions) is
stayed subject to the outcome of Andrew Boswell’s hearing in the Appeal Court (Norfolk A47).
However, SSWHS still need to apply for permission to appeal now and cannot wait for the judgement
on Andrew Boswell’s case. </p><p style="text-align: center;">[4] The three day hearing was held on 12-14 December at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
SSWHS was represented by Leigh Day and barristers David Wolfe KC (Matrix), Victoria Hutton and
Stephanie David (39 Essex). It is argued that the grant of development consent was unlawful on the
following grounds:
● Given recent developments and key new evidence, it was procedurally unfair for the
Secretary of State not to subject the re-determination to a full public re-examination
● It was irrational for the Secretary of State to give no weight to the risk that the scheme
would result in Stonehenge having its World Heritage Status removed
● The Secretary of State failed to take certain obviously material considerations into account,
including by failing to consider diverting the road around the Stonehenge site, despite such
an alternative having a far lower impact in heritage terms
● The Secretary of State failed to properly assess the scheme’s climate change impact, owing
to:
● applying roads policy which pre-dated the Net Zero target
● treating the draft new roads policy as immaterial
● ignoring the new national net zero strategy
● assessing emissions from this scheme alone, without factoring in the emission from
the whole A303/A358 corridor upgrade in the south west peninsular </p><p style="text-align: center;">[5] See UNESCO World Heritage Committee decision from its September 2023 committee meeting in
Riyadh. </p><p style="text-align: center;">[6] The Examination Report, dated 2 January, 2020 recommended that the application be refused. It
was published on 12 November, 2020, when the Secretary of State made his first decision to
approve the scheme. </p><p style="text-align: center;">[7] The Stonehenge Alliance has two petitions, one for residents in the UK (38 Degrees) and one for
people outside the UK (Change.org). The combined total stands at over 236,000 with signatures from
at least 147 countries worldwide. </p><p style="text-align: center;">[8] The Stonehenge Alliance supporter-organisations are: Ancient Sacred Landscape Network;
Campaign to Protect Rural England; Friends of the Earth; Rescue, the British Archaeological Trust;
and Transport Action Network.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"> [9] The Crowd Justice page has a new interim target of £100,000. This is to raise the additional funds
needed to make an application for permission to appeal (at the Court of Appeal). If a hearing is
granted, the Crowd Justice target is likely to need to rise to around £140,000</b></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-9800527252513394042024-02-19T07:03:00.000-08:002024-02-19T07:17:16.179-08:00Now we can at last start digging!<p>Stonehenge Traffic Action Group have been working on this one for 11 years. Even although we don't now live in the area - having moved to a much quieter place in Bonnie Scotland, we remain fighting for the cause.....persistence pays off and it's..... </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">goodbye to <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/</a>....you lost!!</span></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68338484" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-68338484</a> </p><header class="ssrcss-1eqcsb1-HeadingWrapper e1nh2i2l4" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2.5rem 0px 0px; 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margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">IMAGE SOURCE,</span>HIGHWAYS ENGLAND</span></div><figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(138, 140, 142); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; color: #545658; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.28571; margin: 0.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0" style="border: 0px; clip-path: inset(100%); 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font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b class="ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Campaigners have lost a High Court challenge against renewed plans to build a road tunnel near Stonehenge.</b></p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) challenged plans for a tunnel on part of the A303 near the site.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The High Court quashed the project in 2021 amid environmental concerns, but the Department for Transport (DfT) approved it again on 14 July last year.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Highways says the tunnel will remove the sight and sound of traffic passing the site and cut journey times.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In December, <a class="ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-67681822" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(138, 140, 142); text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 0.25em; vertical-align: baseline;">campaigners brought a second bid to the High Court in London</a> to challenge the decision to re approve the plans, which will overhaul eight miles of the A303, including building the 2km tunnel.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">However, in a ruling on Monday, Mr Justice Holgate largely dismissed their claim, finding most parts of their case were "unarguable".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SSWHS previously said the approved scheme would "destroy" around seven hectares of the world heritage site, and mark "the first step" towards being de-listed by Unesco.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In his 50-page ruling, Mr Justice Holgate said ministers had "rightly focused on the relevant policies" and that the campaigners' evidence "provides no basis for undermining that conclusion".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">One part of the legal bid, over the DfT's approach to an environmental impact assessment, will be determined at a later date.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">During the hearing last year, David Wolfe KC, for SSWHS, said the Government gave "unlawful consideration of alternatives" to the project, and that campaigners believed National Highways had provided "fundamentally flawed" information over these that "failed to acknowledge the heritage harm".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #141414; font-family: ReithSans, Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The information was also based on a "flawed analysis of likely traffic figures for the A303," he added. <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">However, James Strachan KC, for the DfT, said the government concluded the project was "consistent with the UK's obligations" under the world heritage convention and that it would work with advisory bodies to "minimise harm".</span></p><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The government has argued that the need for the scheme and its benefits "outweighed the harms", including the "less than substantial harm to heritage assets".</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1" data-component="image-block" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; max-width: 50rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figure class="ssrcss-4qvfmb-StyledFigure e34k3c23" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; 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margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">IMAGE SOURCE,</span>PA MEDIA</span></div><figcaption class="ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(138, 140, 142); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px; color: #545658; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.28571; margin: 0.5rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0" style="border: 0px; clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font: inherit; height: 1px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px;">Image caption,</span><div class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260" spacing="6" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Planning Inspectorate said the decision was made following "careful consideration"</div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">National Highways has said its plan for the tunnel will remove the sight and sound of traffic passing the site and cut journey times.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Then-transport secretary Grant Shapps first gave the green light to the project in November 2020, despite advice from Planning Inspectorate officials that it would cause "permanent, irreversible harm" to the area.</p></div></div><div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block" style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px; max-width: 36.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The SSWHS alliance successfully challenged his decision in the High Court.</p></div></div></div></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-76326531672499686622023-12-25T02:45:00.000-08:002024-01-07T03:13:17.143-08:00At last, support and people who see through the hyperbole....<p><span style="font-size: large;">My regular readers know that I've been banging on about <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/</a> (SHA's) lies, misrepresentation, constant changes of tack and their smoke and mirrors campaign for years, and now - we have support from those who have remained silent up till now. Believe you me, the achaeologists have not held back in their Open Letter - which you can sign!! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">"The Stonehenge </span><span style="text-align: left;">Debate Must Be Reframed"</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">see here: and yes, it's long but read to the end </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">and sign in support: </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://openletter.earth/the-stonehenge-debate-must-be-reframed-8a170f58" target="_blank">https://openletter.earth/the-stonehenge-debate-must-be-reframed-8a170f58</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Please add your signature to this open letter, now at 1080 signatures as I write, and confirm your signature on the e-mail they will send to you!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's certainly time for change in this one sided debate, but for too many years it's been a diatribe from SHA and they've had far too much clout!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-20522401626396107032023-12-11T03:05:00.000-08:002023-12-13T08:59:20.245-08:00Dan Snow comment.....maybe stick to what you know Dan...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please bear in mind that none of these people live where we live.....as for the input of one Dan Snow - a light weight interloper, see my blog of 8th March 2015 </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"Comments as much use as a colander!" here: <a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2015/03/dan-snow-interviewas-much-use-as.html" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2015/03/dan-snow-interviewas-much-use-as.html</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuf7ZTEs4MDGjs-YgDNYczAbxu1pbMpR18NM7_-9L51enC7H-mViG17-mfFufsmFncBdO9IZANZhFzokq0sxMKQGWvuudHkzgQUXD32Z_igSn8gH1kr2IaPGNF3kesHuseoYET9i9X9ZZ7fQ-92sXyr7mnJ16ly29mctIFhtiVK5G2bCvlgSMx1D9uoEY/s640/Transport%20Sec.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="640" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuf7ZTEs4MDGjs-YgDNYczAbxu1pbMpR18NM7_-9L51enC7H-mViG17-mfFufsmFncBdO9IZANZhFzokq0sxMKQGWvuudHkzgQUXD32Z_igSn8gH1kr2IaPGNF3kesHuseoYET9i9X9ZZ7fQ-92sXyr7mnJ16ly29mctIFhtiVK5G2bCvlgSMx1D9uoEY/s320/Transport%20Sec.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p> This is Stonehenge Alliances letter to Rt.Hon Mark Harper MP today...</p></div><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; font: inherit; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="color: grey; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Dear Supporter,</strong></span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are delighted to tell you that 2,505 of you have raised over £80,000! This is enough for </span><strong><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" href="https://stonehengealliance.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=578a33cebbf3a486579018860&id=2192e8450e&e=3ff2026c69" style="border: 0px; color: #007e9e; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site</span></a></span></strong><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> and their legal team to challenge Mark Harper’s decision to approve the Stonehenge road widening scheme and sort tunnel scheme on Tuesday. </span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We were beginning to feel anxious about the shortfall of £8,000 last week when galloping to our rescue came</span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Dale Vince</strong></span></span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong> </strong>of<strong> </strong></span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ecotricity, </span></strong></span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">who took us over the line. A wonderful omen! </span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are moved by everybody’s generosity and help during these difficult times. We cannot thank everyone enough for their support and donations. </span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>But - we still need your continued support to keep up the pressure</strong></span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our petition has raced past 231,000 which we'd love to grow to a quarter of a million. Can you encourage others to</span><span style="border: 0px; color: darkgreen; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><strong><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" href="https://stonehengealliance.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=578a33cebbf3a486579018860&id=85dafec28d&e=3ff2026c69" style="border: 0px; color: #007e9e; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sign up to our petition?</span></a></strong><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="color: black;">Access to the hearing on 12/13/14 December</strong></span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span style="color: black;">We were able to give the Court approximate numbers. So thanks for letting us know your interest in attending in person. The hearing will start at about 10am. There are no special entry procedures, but there will be a security check. </span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are much looking forward to meeting some of our supporters at our </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Pavement Protest at 12:45 on Tuesday. </strong></span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It promises to be a colourful affair outside the Royal Courts of Justice (Strand, London WC2A 2L). Until we meet (again)! <br aria-hidden="true" /><br aria-hidden="true" />Best wishes,</span></span><br aria-hidden="true" /><em><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Stonehenge Alliance </span></span></em></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="x_mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="x_mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; font: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextContentContainer" style="background-color: #f5f3ee; border-collapse: collapse; font: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="x_mcnTextContent" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; padding: 18px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #053352; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Dan Snow sent us this message: </strong></span></span></div><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s astonishing that the Government is persisting with such a damaging scheme when there’s so much opposition. Even UNESCO opposes it. They’ve got to come up with something better. Simply cutting right through one of the most important archaeological sites on planet earth shows little respect for humanity or our heritage. There are plenty of other solutions that could reduce traffic past Stonehenge.”</span></div><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img data-file-id="2397036" data-imagetype="External" height="225" src="https://mcusercontent.com/578a33cebbf3a486579018860/images/d6b16b0a-95b6-3825-c71b-717e3cc0b448.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; height: 225px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span><div style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em>Above: Dan Snow, historian and television presenter, met us with Tom Holland shortly after launching the Save Stonehenge campaign 9 years ago. </em></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br />STAG says: - Dan....Your usual light weight comment telling us that there are quote: "<i>plenty of other solutions</i>" why have you not come up with any pray?? Also, did you not notice that presently the a303 cuts right through the World Heritage Site or were you blind to that strip of tarmac?? Appears you've missed the point Dan...it's a balance that's needed and there's not a one size fits all! By removing the road (a303) will improve the beloved World Heritage Site and by doing so will also improve the lives of those who live and work in the area close to Stonehenge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="x_mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="x_mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody class="x_mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="x_mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); font: inherit; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-71727409165826213202023-11-28T09:13:00.000-08:002023-11-29T02:14:43.914-08:00Yet more hyperbole from Stonehenge Alliance.....<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong style="color: grey; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;">This time on a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2017/02/baldrick-has-cunning-plan.html" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2017/02/baldrick-has-cunning-plan.html</a></strong><strong> </strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Remember my post of 11th Feb 2017 </strong><strong>titled: </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>"Baldrick has a Cunning Plan"</strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>featuring </strong><strong>: </strong><strong>Queenie, Lord Percy, Nursie, Master and Mistress Ploppy not forgetting Baldrick himself.....well they'll all be back at the </strong></div></strong><strong style="color: grey; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: grey; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlt1EpZnigcP-FGTBc_kedRzqsrVwQPwaPS9jl4zS-rXZi8ILMHLdEZPb0ZItrNrhc0B0xP9tUSDv7gqjAzMQpIRozXqGjvmI6ojByhp5HGawgYRLRi750ievn2RFGnWjHUUO5xM6Jej8ztntp1jHU3U0UnF6hr6gCSi1j3ybqz7_ljrhUnbW1l42Wx8/s248/Royal-Courts-of-Justice.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="248" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizlt1EpZnigcP-FGTBc_kedRzqsrVwQPwaPS9jl4zS-rXZi8ILMHLdEZPb0ZItrNrhc0B0xP9tUSDv7gqjAzMQpIRozXqGjvmI6ojByhp5HGawgYRLRi750ievn2RFGnWjHUUO5xM6Jej8ztntp1jHU3U0UnF6hr6gCSi1j3ybqz7_ljrhUnbW1l42Wx8/w200-h181/Royal-Courts-of-Justice.webp" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">on the 12th December and are asking for you - as a supporter, to travel across the world and support their demonstration...Will they travel all the way to London for half an hour, on their own money or use your hard earned from the coffers....I wonder?</span></div></div>This is what they want......<br /><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: grey; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><br />"Dear supporter,</span></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: grey; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>Can you join us? </strong></span><span style="color: black;">As you know, the High Court hearing is our chance to stop the earth movers from moving in and permanently disfiguring the Stonehenge landscape. It is critical that we make the most of the High Court hearing to draw people's attention to the £2.5bn damage planned to the World Heritage Site by the UK Government for reasons that simply do not add up.</span><br /><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Demo on Tuesday 12 December </strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>Where? </strong></span><span style="color: black;">On the pavement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London WC2A 2LL </span><span style="color: darkslategrey;"> </span><strong><a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=51.5136454,-0.1135461&hl=en-GB&gl=uk&entry=gps&lucs=,47071704&g_ep=CAISDDYuOTMuMy4yNTkyMBgBIKzfASoJLDQ3MDcxNzA0QgJHQg%3D%3D&g_st=im" style="color: #007e9e; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkslategrey;">Map link</span></a></strong><br /><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>What time? </strong></span><span style="color: black;">12:45 for about 30-45 minutes </span><br /><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>What's happening? </strong></span><span style="color: black;">Member organisations of the Stonehenge Alliance, Directors of Save Stonehenge WHS, and campaign supporters will join in, bringing banners and placards. It will be colourful!"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b>And here's just a few ideas as to what your placard should read......</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: grey;"><strong>"What's the message? <i> </i></strong></span><b><i><span style="color: grey;">Save Stonehenge WHS / Don’t damage the Stonehenge World Heritage Site / It’s a White Elephant / The Stonehenge road scheme is a waste of £2.5bn / Keep the earth movers out: Stop that tunnel / Save our heritage - It’s our future / Scrap the Stonehenge road scheme/ Respect Stonehenge WHS / etc" </span></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b><span style="color: grey;">All of this of course, is the hyperbole mentioned earlier....nothing is going to happen to Stonehenge or the World Heritage site that will not improve what's already there!!!! STOP MUDDYING THE WATERS - sha!</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>"Attending the High Court on 12 | 13 | 14 December</strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: darkgreen;"><strong>Numbers in court count! </strong></span><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="color: black;">The lawyers are keen to encourage supporters to attend any or all the hearing days. However, they need to advise the High Court clerk on numbers. If you would like to attend please can you let us know by replying to this email? </span><br /><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>Observing remotely: </strong></span><span style="color: black;">If you would like to watch proceedings on line please let us know and we will pass on your email to the court. A link and instructions will be circulated by the court shortly before the hearing opens. </span><br /><span style="color: darkgreen;"><strong>Court opening hours: </strong></span><span style="color: black;">10am til about 5pm with an hour's break for lunch at around 1pm.</span><br /><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Vigil</strong> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black;">A few supporters are planning to have a presence outside the High Court on all three sitting days. Just turn up.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 176px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-stonehenge-world-heritage-site-again/" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/578a33cebbf3a486579018860/images/f0324bb6-e662-d1bb-56e2-7001a71fdc97.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 1200px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="176" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 352px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="color: darkslategrey;"><strong>CrowdJustice target: Nearly there but not quite!</strong></span><br /><span style="color: black;">We still need to raise a further £10,000. Supporters have been incredibly generous and donations are touching an amazing £70,000. Could you forward this email to friends, relatives or colleagues?</span><br /> <a href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-stonehenge-world-heritage-site-again/" style="color: #007e9e; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><img data-file-id="2381752" height="58" src="https://mcusercontent.com/578a33cebbf3a486579018860/images/f7e53a60-1b53-5aa8-8b2a-370b3e7ab72d.png" style="border: 0px; height: 58px; margin: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; width: 150px;" width="150" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnCaptionRightContentInner" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 176px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="mcnCaptionRightImageContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><a href="https://www.sacredearthactivism.org/store" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="mcnImage" src="https://mcusercontent.com/578a33cebbf3a486579018860/images/f527bd83-3bd3-7f71-ece5-a27fd74c2449.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 750px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" width="176" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionRightTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 352px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>T-shirts and warm hoodies whilst stocks last! </strong></span></span><span style="color: black;"><strong></strong><br />Supporters, Sacred Earth Activism, have designed special Save Stonehenge T-shirts and hoodies in a variety of colours in aid of the SSWHS appeal. Huge thanks to Sacred Earth. There's just time to order one before the demo! </span><span style="color: darkslategrey;"> </span><a href="https://www.sacredearthactivism.org/store" style="color: #007e9e; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkslategrey;">Link here for details.</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="color: black;">We will send one more email before the court hearing. <br /><br />Stay in touch. As ever, <em><u>thanks so much</u> </em>for your support.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><em>The Stonehenge Alliance team</em></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">*** CALLING SALISBURY FOLLOWERS *** </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Leaflets will be available to pick up and distribute from the ECO HUB at Salisbury Market on Saturday. </span> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnCaptionBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnCaptionBlockInner" style="padding: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnCaptionTopContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="background-color: white;"><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top" width="564"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong><a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/our-campaign/about-us/" style="color: #007e9e; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">ABOUT THE STONEHENGE ALLIANCE</span></a>"</strong></em></span></span></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: white;"></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-54563496449303624472023-11-26T04:21:00.000-08:002023-11-26T04:24:46.138-08:00SAVE STONEHENGE.....WITH A T-SHIRT?!<p>This announcement made me laugh....we all need one from time to time...... <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/badges-t-shirts-etc/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/badges-t-shirts-etc/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #004c1d; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">T shirts etc..... this just in from Save Stonehenge Alliance....</span></span></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-size: 16px;">"Our supporters, Sacred Earth Activism, have generously designed T Shirts and hoodies in aid of Save Stonehenge WHS appeal. Badges have sold out! Visit their store via their website –</span><a href="https://www.sacredearthactivism.org/store " target="_blank"><span face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="color: #095e9e;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">https://www.sacredearthactivism.org/store</span></span> </a>" </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For just <b>£19.00 </b>you can have this: </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifJNZfHYrddgrC33m5_1r9JdcnN2jDAJp78Qqo7miqTqNbgOMXpmVAML7sNKsDscmgsOhKZytBaNLm04dxoe-c8JiBWw2kkdY93bTfuAp_SyibasNq5N3ZyEsWAeZPUuy4osDfN9rL7jl4SgYWKKpHtm6ZVnPUXSGFrzRjbuSbo4B1iM7mUxP4_k2f4vE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifJNZfHYrddgrC33m5_1r9JdcnN2jDAJp78Qqo7miqTqNbgOMXpmVAML7sNKsDscmgsOhKZytBaNLm04dxoe-c8JiBWw2kkdY93bTfuAp_SyibasNq5N3ZyEsWAeZPUuy4osDfN9rL7jl4SgYWKKpHtm6ZVnPUXSGFrzRjbuSbo4B1iM7mUxP4_k2f4vE" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-size: large;">Or for a more blinkered view....for <b>£49.00 </b>you can have this: </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNonesZLor5RThXiiUbhXrpzNqfdvMl0ETewBn34DalgKo9KI-YA_jlPyHX5Et7eHcg0yI-5QycpCgR2T3K9UM3j3SRgbsp7o0YA9Pm_chGO8qX_FjuOo_e0XeZBrE7VQ-TxDQnBZp0xrb6k8UVP92Munzk7VwenV409wc4USqVcZvwFqgxImLWJHj8hY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNonesZLor5RThXiiUbhXrpzNqfdvMl0ETewBn34DalgKo9KI-YA_jlPyHX5Et7eHcg0yI-5QycpCgR2T3K9UM3j3SRgbsp7o0YA9Pm_chGO8qX_FjuOo_e0XeZBrE7VQ-TxDQnBZp0xrb6k8UVP92Munzk7VwenV409wc4USqVcZvwFqgxImLWJHj8hY" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #121212; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1em 0px 0px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: x-large;">And wearing these lovely items will sort the whole thing out for all of us.....won't it!?</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">These people continue to punt their views as to what apparently will happen to</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stonehenge - </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">(the monument) </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">when the job is done!! </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">They continue to try and attempt to pull the wool over our eyes in the hope we'll believe Stonehenge will fall into the abyss or suffer another dire fate!! </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"> More smoke and mirrors!! </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">The monument will remain firmly where it is and will</span><b style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> NOT</b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> become invisible....(unless of course, you're wearing one of these hoodies)!!! just because of 2 miles of tunnel, to the south!....if you want the view....</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">you can park for free at the visitor's center in the summer or better still - </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">park up in Willoughby Road, Larkhill, get out of your car and walk </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">By-way 12 taking in some fresh Wiltshire air!!! </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-76578700549388910712023-11-06T04:19:00.003-08:002023-11-14T02:47:21.382-08:00So! we're off to Bonnie....... <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kycWaqU3YjvqmT30Xrohu1oDdv-YbDs-/view?usp=drive_link" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYOy6sRmXha58v5WrXbz6mQanmN7mPhmmB9phvnm5_hyphenhyphenUe8zonu6rDgRBEg8p0lLTlaU8Zmvkn3Tco6IXVJ4Nio4q4RZ4e_gAHVsj27WCdt3GMo54zYkhwnZXqLPPhQABPlP5xBJMed1A0LLMJOalz20JkjVpDAqhOortYQvv_Un-IZoLhOjhCbuvVxQ/w200-h200/Scotland%20flag%20&%20emblam.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It's probably well documented locally that STAG.....or the two folks who created it, are.....</div><div style="text-align: left;">"ON THE MOVE" i.e. myself and husband Dave. </div><div style="text-align: left;">This blog will be left in place for anyone who wants to access it and I may even post up any news. In the meantime, just a wee reminder of how it started and our Petition Signing Day of 21/10/2013...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Who remembers this.....<a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2013/10/dual-a303-now-please.html" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2013/10/dual-a303-now-please.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-cPN8FiNaY1D_uUXb8RQgkUwNDGhWMuqUWt4kI_9VTX-UhdMwYHOqooCJ1aHtHYmqYnVxNMGCtbgKlZlYKZlRsDXkE1PcR5TfDF-3pdF4s-tkJCgOKkw8RUjdnLoEwn_MwwqgxWtqx1oSybZni7NjqWai_goOwO1j5sKk6FFeO4oslw0R70ogF9o36g/s4080/20231106_101651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-cPN8FiNaY1D_uUXb8RQgkUwNDGhWMuqUWt4kI_9VTX-UhdMwYHOqooCJ1aHtHYmqYnVxNMGCtbgKlZlYKZlRsDXkE1PcR5TfDF-3pdF4s-tkJCgOKkw8RUjdnLoEwn_MwwqgxWtqx1oSybZni7NjqWai_goOwO1j5sKk6FFeO4oslw0R70ogF9o36g/s320/20231106_101651.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GfqWdwSQLSwrNlxkmd7Vl_QCDpiEX51qF6mmqv9fpgX7KDHcjwn6L1O_YtNi12yoRZb3rkEtu4GwAdM6BPtYAUwsmrnobZbG37ZdG0dKOceUYlGGyDztBgrBwV0KU3NvlAFVL6wBa0-3qlbeP4FTfhBnSuWPI6irte6iOFO1WXiFzI1C4J5BVOR4C8k/s4080/20231106_102423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4GfqWdwSQLSwrNlxkmd7Vl_QCDpiEX51qF6mmqv9fpgX7KDHcjwn6L1O_YtNi12yoRZb3rkEtu4GwAdM6BPtYAUwsmrnobZbG37ZdG0dKOceUYlGGyDztBgrBwV0KU3NvlAFVL6wBa0-3qlbeP4FTfhBnSuWPI6irte6iOFO1WXiFzI1C4J5BVOR4C8k/s320/20231106_102423.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And last but not least - the day we went to Parliament....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kycWaqU3YjvqmT30Xrohu1oDdv-YbDs-/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kycWaqU3YjvqmT30Xrohu1oDdv-YbDs-/view?usp=drive_link</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks are due to the Media who promoted our cause especially in the early years:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_wiltshire" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_wiltshire</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pfl4" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pfl4</a> South Today</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pft9" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pft9</a> Points West</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div></div><p></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-52467257614019669412023-10-17T07:41:00.003-07:002023-10-18T03:04:18.647-07:00Did anyone else see this 'cos....<p>I just saw it today, having been away in Scotland when it came out on 19th September.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-LayEH4Dd9oA1eFgp74RomRHDL5Zae6zPCeLEaiEEybtZOUyFmHZSyMrpEP2xSVy7q-a9GAk9Y78BD9W4f1VCClFjk-pZDtESkLLYU2XCLbYXvdQCJhMa2VydUK6ayJrGbIBgjbN_B11I6s7sCe0iN0rK16UoGUB6NBTwxp3bLrmL7RFK2sQ0s1opSzs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="830" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-LayEH4Dd9oA1eFgp74RomRHDL5Zae6zPCeLEaiEEybtZOUyFmHZSyMrpEP2xSVy7q-a9GAk9Y78BD9W4f1VCClFjk-pZDtESkLLYU2XCLbYXvdQCJhMa2VydUK6ayJrGbIBgjbN_B11I6s7sCe0iN0rK16UoGUB6NBTwxp3bLrmL7RFK2sQ0s1opSzs" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <a href="https://www.dannykruger.org.uk/news/update-stonehenge-tunnel-19-september-2023" target="_blank">https://www.dannykruger.org.uk/news/update-stonehenge-tunnel-19-september-2023</a> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih_DVAhnWG1JJtOlXb_7PHDcUWBJpDjMvWPM4IA500l1kSGNNO_khdYrJziODDIJAT2jsa69mHK0sewNx2BaUak7R1OzbiAMxAx7Bvpdi02aiRH1Mz3r9XEnETNLqVXymR-JGYd34hRjzJZVaDksa5EpvF1w2cRACiuTD-jDGlMWxIPwVy0ZPdup2WRbg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEih_DVAhnWG1JJtOlXb_7PHDcUWBJpDjMvWPM4IA500l1kSGNNO_khdYrJziODDIJAT2jsa69mHK0sewNx2BaUak7R1OzbiAMxAx7Bvpdi02aiRH1Mz3r9XEnETNLqVXymR-JGYd34hRjzJZVaDksa5EpvF1w2cRACiuTD-jDGlMWxIPwVy0ZPdup2WRbg" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">"</span><span face="proxima-nova, "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1a4252; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.42px; text-align: left;">Yesterday I met local councillors representing the communities around Stonehenge to talk about the recent decision to go ahead with the tunnel on the A303. I was recently nominated as the Conservative candidate for the new East Wiltshire constituency, which includes Stonehenge and Amesbury. I am therefore keen to listen to all sides in this debate. Today, UNESCO has, during its meeting in Saudi Arabia, urged the Government to make amendments to the current tunnel plan, suggesting that the World Heritage Site (WHS) is at risk of being placed on the danger list if changes are not made. They would prefer an alternative route around the site or a longer tunnel that returns to the surface further to the west. A decision on this may come in February, next year.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a4252; font-family: proxima-nova, "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.42px;">For many local people the current congestion is a twice-daily blight on their lives. The congestion on and around the A303 turns narrow country lanes into super charged rat runs, just at the time when local residents are trying to commute and take their children to school. Their villages become racetracks for those trying to cut out the normally congested parts of this strategic route to the southwest. The bottle neck just to the west of Countess Roundabout is no doubt to blame for some of this, but it is heavily compounded by single lane roads and roundabouts which are overladen by traffic from every angle. Clearly, something does need to change. The A303 is an important freight and tourism route to the Southwest but, like many of our roads, was never designed for the motorway-like levels of traffic it receives.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a4252; font-family: proxima-nova, "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.42px;">Whether this justifies a hugely expensive and disruptive building project, with some real threats to the historic landscape, with the end result of denying anyone a free sight of Stonehenge... is a good question. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a4252; font-family: proxima-nova, "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.42px;">Public opinion appears split. There are those who want nothing to change, those who want a tunnel, those who want the A303 dualled with or without flyovers or bypasses. <b>The overwhelming view I pick up, however, is that this project will never actually go ahead. I have no idea whether it will, though currently the Government's policy is to continue pushing against the legal obstacles.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a4252; font-family: proxima-nova, "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.42px;"><b>I will continue to meet with the various stakeholders of the project over the coming months to explore all aspects of the scheme,<i> including alternatives.</i> No doubt there will be a few more bumps in the road before we are closer to a final decision"</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is the man who could become our new MP when the boundary changes take place. He is the son of Pru Leith and I gather the two don't always see eye to eye! Does what he writes give us any confidence that he's on our side? I think not! <b> None of our Parish Councillors here in the village of Shrewton ie. the village most affected by the present over capacity A303, seem to have been invited to the meeting he talks about in the piece, and member's of STAG certainly knew nothing about his meeting even although we are considered "Stake Holders" attending regular Community Forum meetings created by National Highways. </b> So we have to assume it was pointed at Amesbury whilst Shrewton didn't get a look in!! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Perhaps Mr Kruger should take a good look at the STAG Blog/Facebook page and update himself on the project and on what's gone on over the past 10 years. I'm amused that he feels he can just cut in and give his opinion where he talks about "exploring all aspects of the scheme - <b><i>including alternatives</i></b>". He needs to get a feel for local opinion and about the project.....and by local....we mean those who suffer first hand and <b>NOT those who allow their personal whimsical ideas to take precedence..</b>.come and visit Shrewton Mr Kruger preferably on a Friday afternoon or Saturday morning and anytime during school holidays.....it's a very dangerous place to be! </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-54546383151525682592023-10-01T07:07:00.006-07:002024-02-24T08:24:03.375-08:00We've been Pink Floyd'd....again!<p>Oh! the joys of living in Shrewton and on the RAT RUN.....All of these are recent and within a week of each other, one of which was hit twice in a two week period, having been repaired by the house holder first time around! He now has to wait for the terracotta capping tiles to arrive and make the repair again, at his own expense, because they take a pride in where they live! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA4Nsdbi0Zu8cr5B-z92KLmGaeHQ7FAMpF7bpfOF_TpEEC77i5q5NmajIX6VFqoFD1c8xgxM_bmOqs7CZ7eka6ukZCGm0vhzxiHl6VdLHSGPHVlTrG1UkHUXLVj9zvygPaLNQ94juA0xbn9wvTelutg7JyDqrA6dWwOsxdRciYvLKjRN7jqx1bfcj2z8/s4080/20230927_094854.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA4Nsdbi0Zu8cr5B-z92KLmGaeHQ7FAMpF7bpfOF_TpEEC77i5q5NmajIX6VFqoFD1c8xgxM_bmOqs7CZ7eka6ukZCGm0vhzxiHl6VdLHSGPHVlTrG1UkHUXLVj9zvygPaLNQ94juA0xbn9wvTelutg7JyDqrA6dWwOsxdRciYvLKjRN7jqx1bfcj2z8/s320/20230927_094854.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstgKp9hzGUVqLboy3tlZUt9KI8u0atFM-efNfUoii1UGyHdKu7vbcBBHdI9RF17DYv3ASFi7ze598UbNJx2-MqN9D51rYR_-ViyG61ou3WIGQojL2i3sYJy0bpcDFxLR8V1Al4qCYNqtuBlNq2F3oZdI8O4OnAAx9-72d3Kh4qrd5mKZDLzpGNi1UhXg/s4080/20230927_094900.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstgKp9hzGUVqLboy3tlZUt9KI8u0atFM-efNfUoii1UGyHdKu7vbcBBHdI9RF17DYv3ASFi7ze598UbNJx2-MqN9D51rYR_-ViyG61ou3WIGQojL2i3sYJy0bpcDFxLR8V1Al4qCYNqtuBlNq2F3oZdI8O4OnAAx9-72d3Kh4qrd5mKZDLzpGNi1UhXg/w240-h320/20230927_094900.jpg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgwx9KmTmGyyW99HA9fx9Oc-oUdVVv703plUQnrldYMmn2fWLR2rojMwQAgESzg8EEByooPyvtaxIxreWJi13SAQALFnleKvIN1u9lGeCxmCNOCMZw6SeiU3FnLVA8PbuI96j_ZT1ow1SbFCqwF-cWdoWCkQJwyp6w1GoVuKsHETJiurgY3ieL4OMpPU/s4080/20231002_091413.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgwx9KmTmGyyW99HA9fx9Oc-oUdVVv703plUQnrldYMmn2fWLR2rojMwQAgESzg8EEByooPyvtaxIxreWJi13SAQALFnleKvIN1u9lGeCxmCNOCMZw6SeiU3FnLVA8PbuI96j_ZT1ow1SbFCqwF-cWdoWCkQJwyp6w1GoVuKsHETJiurgY3ieL4OMpPU/s320/20231002_091413.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sadly, this one is an original wall built possibly over 100 years ago and probably cannot be replaced like for like. As I understand it, the home owner chased after the driver of the 12 Tonne horse box - which incidentally, was exceeding the weight restriction of 7.5 tonnes on the B3083 and her response was.....</div></div><div><p></p><p> "So! it's only a wall"!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBZ0Ydn-O6j8LYIwvkxYlaQejDiOKYujk7ON_LbLPz9yQ048Bl5SRgWzd2CdhoO4GzqegZEP2xnYLkNzavQMNGtZy9tuTzMn5wkoulM01Q1klkGZis66yKq8eK1jkIOlBAO2xm4N5XMqjxRBu95YDSQGm33NXq3n7KVIGEd531nrqf6Md4fEhLSat_BI/s4080/20230927_094905.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBZ0Ydn-O6j8LYIwvkxYlaQejDiOKYujk7ON_LbLPz9yQ048Bl5SRgWzd2CdhoO4GzqegZEP2xnYLkNzavQMNGtZy9tuTzMn5wkoulM01Q1klkGZis66yKq8eK1jkIOlBAO2xm4N5XMqjxRBu95YDSQGm33NXq3n7KVIGEd531nrqf6Md4fEhLSat_BI/s320/20230927_094905.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p>And here we have yet another situation just last week, along the same stretch of road - the B3083, going toward Winterbourne Stoke....who will pay here I wonder, since the MOD bus driver having stopped to allow another rat runner through, then drove off, forgetting he had a back end. So! a hit and run before the number plate could be noted by the home owner or neighbour's close by......</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFHaMcIVcOqwaoOF4TBS-Wt2eJ4A8Z8ggJJSvhaJ-UxC8Mk7aej7GYWOYyB26ZI1-hOOzy7tGHglJ2yqsyqbBZRCWsuo6HwLMLb_In1zVNHsE5Gd-dCxSQ3mkBlrabaY2rOVZV-YtQh0UCxXnRvxMO-taHcp2YsXuEsFduQPZQX5Yn4pthugnFIHP_KE/s4080/20230927_094741.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFHaMcIVcOqwaoOF4TBS-Wt2eJ4A8Z8ggJJSvhaJ-UxC8Mk7aej7GYWOYyB26ZI1-hOOzy7tGHglJ2yqsyqbBZRCWsuo6HwLMLb_In1zVNHsE5Gd-dCxSQ3mkBlrabaY2rOVZV-YtQh0UCxXnRvxMO-taHcp2YsXuEsFduQPZQX5Yn4pthugnFIHP_KE/s320/20230927_094741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQbvTPFqTDCVIr52K2wUs8F_UJMz-ENveeHH8cNFN6TTLqpIMIaAgA0aE_egRGbZxwVCs82m5F_sx0Z1fVTdbPrNaZESE0V_Z0TOIq6-2lwhjcXjG7ky8ODeDPaNp997nQEfMDrDy25tVOsrNh10x62xwPn2P2kLbcbaR24CIzGEDlfkhP_TGRQxTqFk/s4080/20230927_094706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQbvTPFqTDCVIr52K2wUs8F_UJMz-ENveeHH8cNFN6TTLqpIMIaAgA0aE_egRGbZxwVCs82m5F_sx0Z1fVTdbPrNaZESE0V_Z0TOIq6-2lwhjcXjG7ky8ODeDPaNp997nQEfMDrDy25tVOsrNh10x62xwPn2P2kLbcbaR24CIzGEDlfkhP_TGRQxTqFk/s320/20230927_094706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />A song comes to mind by....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx3WIO3zXi3eEl5kAbmBulqMVUDOfkxh0MyoDc2SklnoMtD7JBzibLETG-4_ng3rLJzW9XzayaS48kQKVwzFVx9dDUAhC_ZYtAljro6PizPZnEZVALgKX8_bIBtclVHrWHCBK-WHUbzHPZ53tQ5Ysqktqdt-WOkELMOiNJBn2Qa2Th0JX_sliGF_3wzUE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx3WIO3zXi3eEl5kAbmBulqMVUDOfkxh0MyoDc2SklnoMtD7JBzibLETG-4_ng3rLJzW9XzayaS48kQKVwzFVx9dDUAhC_ZYtAljro6PizPZnEZVALgKX8_bIBtclVHrWHCBK-WHUbzHPZ53tQ5Ysqktqdt-WOkELMOiNJBn2Qa2Th0JX_sliGF_3wzUE" width="240" /></a>Go on....have another listen, it's been a while</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY</a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-5522539804454297992023-09-15T03:58:00.004-07:002023-09-15T04:10:26.191-07:00If you've read my post....<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">of 5th September - 8 days ago, titled: "Do you know" etc., asking if those who donated, actually knew where their money would be spent....well here is.....</span><span style="font-size: large;">where the top brass from Stonehenge Alliance, go off on a jolly to Paris to present their petition to UNESCO which asks... "Stop the road now"!</span></p><h2 class="page-title entry-title title-single font-inherit" style="color: #004c1d; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.875em; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1em; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">"Petition presented to UNESCO, Paris</h2><p style="color: #121212; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11107" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="247" sizes="(max-width: 2021px) 100vw, 2021px" src="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P1000486-LR2-3.jpg" srcset="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P1000486-LR2-3.jpg 2021w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P1000486-LR2-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P1000486-LR2-3-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P1000486-LR2-3-1536x1031.jpg 1536w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto 0.75em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" width="368" /></p><p style="color: #121212; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">5 September 2023: A Stonehenge Alliance delegation caught an early Eurostar to Paris to make UNESCO aware of the global opposition to the Government’s damaging road building plans through the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. </p><h2 style="color: #004c1d; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.875em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.333em; margin-top: 0.667em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">SSWHS launches second legal challenge</h2><p style="color: #121212; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">No sooner has the second anniversary of the quashing of the original development consent by the High Court passed than the legal team, Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site finds itself launching a second legal challenge. The <a href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-stonehenge-world-heritage-site-again/" rel="noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Crowd funder</a> has already reached its initial target of £50,000. <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Thank you for your continued support. <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/petition-presented-to-unesco-paris/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: red; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </span></a>The next stage will </strong>need to appeal for nearly £80,000. <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><h2 style="color: #004c1d; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.875em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.333em; margin-top: 0.667em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Decision to APPROVE </strong><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">A303 Stonehenge scheme again!</strong></h2><div><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/petition-presented-to-unesco-paris/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">READ ON</a> </strong></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #121212; font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/petition-presented-to-unesco-paris/" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: large;" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/petition-presented-to-unesco-paris/</a> "</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the people -</b> delaying the job to improve the lives of local people who live close to Stonehenge!!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the people -</b> preventing the movement of goods to the West Country and so improving the economy there.....!!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the people - </b>who say the rail network should be improved to the West Country so that those goods can be transported via rail.....!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the people -</b> who have not thought of the villages that would have to be swallowed up to complete this task and the cost there off!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the people -</b> holding up the improvement of their beloved World Heritage Site which would take away that blot on the landscape that is the A303 therefore opening the area up for all to enjoy!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These are the people -</b> responsible for the increased cost in getting the project started but continually point out the cost of the job!!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All headed up by the "Big Cheese" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tom Holland!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXF3-08sapA_OuECN72nZiPuZWUAcGd-66viOC0uSdaGN5SO6eg_4r4MZtQzGsJ4PTLaT4IFomX-O7pBhLefDSUwMxyJJmGPAnvJRuKxipGxZ4lYs8ORjBy1TDERMXSSJl6p1CO4Z254iVWtFTWGvr_8x0lPJKW9Mc3M7GHDlU-UYhEp2PS3zUzz5lyxY/s259/Maasdam%20cheese.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="259" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXF3-08sapA_OuECN72nZiPuZWUAcGd-66viOC0uSdaGN5SO6eg_4r4MZtQzGsJ4PTLaT4IFomX-O7pBhLefDSUwMxyJJmGPAnvJRuKxipGxZ4lYs8ORjBy1TDERMXSSJl6p1CO4Z254iVWtFTWGvr_8x0lPJKW9Mc3M7GHDlU-UYhEp2PS3zUzz5lyxY/w200-h151/Maasdam%20cheese.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> as always.....their argument is full of holes and it's all crackers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-32534729324062805042023-09-05T03:43:00.006-07:002023-09-07T08:28:14.270-07:00Do you know what you're signing and for why?<p>Petition getting air time on BBC South today....but sadly, more hyperbole from Stonehenge Alliance</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgysJe61FQZrxLVQ3BpuXEbhATBVbEbAPLI1v_4NeQvOUB0MsEKVFjQEvJDfbMpv7N6HeO1HR5XIdBr_BAFaPmRz_P_wELhuiQdfPnacH2cvPTFcYOjk0Kbc2DlQ2JDPFjwdZJnms8ZHP7QlRClaPnaP8JdKWPikb_BT-Dicu145Tg0wVtaT1l_hNN0xYA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="300" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgysJe61FQZrxLVQ3BpuXEbhATBVbEbAPLI1v_4NeQvOUB0MsEKVFjQEvJDfbMpv7N6HeO1HR5XIdBr_BAFaPmRz_P_wELhuiQdfPnacH2cvPTFcYOjk0Kbc2DlQ2JDPFjwdZJnms8ZHP7QlRClaPnaP8JdKWPikb_BT-Dicu145Tg0wVtaT1l_hNN0xYA=w200-h116" width="200" /></a></div><br /> "<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">PLEASE SELECT CORRECT PETITION, SIGN & SHARE!</span><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Click here for translations of the petition in other languages</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">TOTALS ON 25 August, 2023:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Petition getting air time on BBC South Today...</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/our-campaign/petition/?fbclid=IwAR3X4vVqGQV8c1NGMzeg34nripAVaAJW1HGUEXI_Rlc3_CZib1hzYtPyBlk" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/our-campaign/petition/</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">38 Degrees 143,081 UK addresses only</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="http://change.org/?fbclid=IwAR0dpLhtzAhf5ilxrRopC49EPDDX8-IxKKAeOo9Y0M_IdWSecfQKTk_4JF4" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Change.org</a></span> 82,019 world wide</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">JOINT TOTALS 225,100*</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">* Since we cannot validate third party platforms we assume that this total will include some duplication, but it can be treated as a firm indication of the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>strength of feeling. THANK YOU!" </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a load of....b----ks! How many of the people who have signed this petition, know what they're signing and actually know where the World Heritage Site is to be found!!?</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Having UNESCO status is just a tag....Liverpool lost their "tag" in July 2021 as did Dresden in 2009. Neither have had visitor numbers affected by the decision.....people will not stop visiting Stonehenge! The IMPROVEMENT to the World Heritage Site, that Stonehenge Alliance apparently value so highly, will benefit everyone including the economy to the West Country and improve our lives here Shrewton. See my post of July 2021 titled "Poor Liverpool" here:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2021/07/oh-dearpoor-liverpool.html?fbclid=IwAR0k3J7-mB4TkYlZMhOXGxtqYXlcItUo1U-2uo4FWP980M7FHyAW-RcIJeM" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/.../oh-dearpoor-liverpool.html</a></span></div></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-42005347128998496022023-07-29T07:04:00.001-07:002023-07-29T09:31:56.200-07:00Dr Kate Fielden Condolences.....<p>was the "spokes person" for Stonehenge Alliance and although we were at opposing ends of the problem to fix or not to fix the A303 past Stonehenge, STAG would like to offer our condolences at the sad news of her recent passing.</p><p>It does seem inappropriate however, that <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/</a> should set the wheels in motion, so soon after receiving this sad news. Since Dr Kate Fielden was their front runner and "mouth piece" in the campaign to stop what they see as desecration of their beloved World Heritage Site, I presume they're playing the "in her memory" card to yet again, challenge the Government. </p><p>They need to raise the initial sum of £15,000 to pay their solicitor Leigh Day, who stand to make many thousands of pounds - again! before they can make this latest challenge official. And people continually ask me why the project has taken so much money up till now?! </p><p>Stonehenge Alliance cannot however re-visit previously challenged elements of the DCO.</p><p>In the meantime the Crowd Funder page is open to all around the world - to people who don't even know where Stonehenge - the monument is to be found or for that matter the WHS! </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKf95HPuAzcrCiTOvV6zflfxbxeamrzADi-XiioZtQoZTPoiR-wiuvfLquzrOJGS6CNY6VMRTVpSFyJUo-fQRsc8ZZo_AQBQY-s5swSQbnglKkC6UGlyXupNlQSESj8AKomCU4dzVG93Zn7LmvI6TLwxugkrpk0RkIM2hsB0Ar8B3BdOXY-HrlVLPME2I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="272" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKf95HPuAzcrCiTOvV6zflfxbxeamrzADi-XiioZtQoZTPoiR-wiuvfLquzrOJGS6CNY6VMRTVpSFyJUo-fQRsc8ZZo_AQBQY-s5swSQbnglKkC6UGlyXupNlQSESj8AKomCU4dzVG93Zn7LmvI6TLwxugkrpk0RkIM2hsB0Ar8B3BdOXY-HrlVLPME2I=w200-h137" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Save Stonehenge
World Heritage Site <b>Press Release</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Legal proceedings threatened on Stonehenge road scheme</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">on 2<sup>nd</sup> anniversary of quashing of
development consent</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">EMBARGOED until: 01:00hrs, Friday, 28 July, 2023</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">Save
Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) [1] has taken the first steps towards a
legal challenge of the Government’s approval of the A303 Stonehenge dual
carriageway through the World Heritage Site on 14 July, for a second time [2].
Today, SSWHS is sending the Government a pre-application protocol letter
outlining its concerns about the decision [3]. This is the precursor to it
filing a claim for judicial review which needs to be made within 6 weeks of the
decision date.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">This
weekend marks the second anniversary of the quashing of the original
development consent by the High Court after a successful application for
judicial review was made by SSWHS in 2021 [4]. The Government’s approval flew
in the face of opposition from UNESCO [5] and the recommendation for refusal of
the scheme by five of the Government’s own independent planning inspectors [6].
In particular, the Government was criticised for not having properly assessed
alternatives to National Highways’ damaging proposals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">UNESCO
had asked the Government not to approve the scheme ahead of its World Heritage
Committee meeting in September. However, the Government rushed out the decision
ahead of the Somerset and Frome by-election, ignoring the request and concerns
about the site being de-listed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">Chris
Todd, one of the 3 directors of SSWHS, said:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">“The
Government has stuck two fingers up at UNESCO and all those who care about our
British heritage. It has basically approved this highly flawed and damaging
proposal for a second time. The same scheme that was thrown out in 2021. We
believe there are strong grounds why this approval should also be struck down.
We will do everything within our power to safeguard this most iconic of sites
for future generations.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">Suzanne
Keene, a member of the Stonehenge Alliance [7], a separate organisation that
has campaigned to safeguard the WHS for over 20 years said:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">“Stonehenge
WHS is much more than the stones at its centre. It is a complex and hugely rich
archaeological landscape without comparison. For the Government to be so
dismissive of the huge damage that National Highways scheme will cause is
deeply worrying.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">Leigh
Day solicitor Rowan Smith said:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">“There
is an unfortunate sense of déjà vu. It appears that, yet again, the Government
has ignored warnings that this road scheme will put at risk the world heritage
status of Stonehenge. Despite calls by the World Heritage Committee for the
decision to be delayed until it had met, the Secretary of State went ahead and
reinstated development consent, without holding another public examination. It
will be argued that this unfairness, combined with a failure to properly assess
the scheme’s climate change impact, rendered the Secretary of State’s decision
unlawful for a second time. If the Government, following correspondence,
refuses to accept that, then our client intends to launch another claim for
judicial review.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-size-adjust: auto;">SSWHS
is now awaiting the Government’s response, which it should receive within two
weeks. It will then have two weeks to file its claim. SSWHS has launched a
crowd funder on the Crowd Justice website to fund the legal action [8].<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><b>- ENDS
-</b><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: left;">Of course this is all balderdash as explained here: <a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2023/02/muddying-watersagain.html" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2023/02/muddying-watersagain.html</a> with NO compromise from Stonehenge Alliance or their wing SSWHS If you read that post "Muddying the Waters" you'll see the gaping errors and hyperbole they come up with, hoping nobody will do their research and look back!!!!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: left;">UNESCO said in 1986 "the road must GO" and are now saying there is "much to support" the present DCO but Stonehenge Alliance only see fit to not only insult us but to think they can "pull the wool over our eyes" providing <span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>gibberish, twaddle, nonsense, piffle, poppy cock, garbage not forgetting cobblers!!!! </b></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-37033053686709736202023-07-14T08:55:00.003-07:002023-07-15T03:59:23.913-07:00We've been here before.....<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzYRW-nmIQlpfKsndwRZU_bmstRgeQk_UJuL_oHbN5nUECmr6RQdKaglw8hrWvNV6pI4jBh91VFFufTW0cxVNS6l8Xv86hTpvoBn0gPdF6egeR_pvFMHO1OaBWxOgx0sYif0y3cF5RuFWsG5C38praRHrfRtMzzH6RuKVzb0gEwnU6sOzeARu4H-VGYsA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="88" data-original-width="300" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzYRW-nmIQlpfKsndwRZU_bmstRgeQk_UJuL_oHbN5nUECmr6RQdKaglw8hrWvNV6pI4jBh91VFFufTW0cxVNS6l8Xv86hTpvoBn0gPdF6egeR_pvFMHO1OaBWxOgx0sYif0y3cF5RuFWsG5C38praRHrfRtMzzH6RuKVzb0gEwnU6sOzeARu4H-VGYsA" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #011e41; font-family: Proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 50px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Green light for major A303 upgrade past Stonehenge</h1><div class="published" style="background-color: white; border-top: 3px solid rgb(0, 115, 166); box-sizing: border-box; color: #011e41; display: inline-block; font-family: Proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin-top: 20px; padding-top: 5px;"><p class="published__label" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; max-width: 900px;">Published</p> <p class="published__date" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #38383b; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; max-width: 900px;">14 Jul 2023</p></div><p><span face="Proxima-nova, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #011e41; font-size: 40px;"></span></p><div class="sub-heading" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #011e41; font-family: Proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; margin-top: 30px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; font-size: 24px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 900px;">The Government has given the formal green light by granting a Development Consent Order for the A303 Stonehenge scheme, which will help to unlock congestion and transform journeys for millions of people using the A303 between the south-east and south-west.</p></div><p>National Highways have now put their link to the announcement today from the government giving the go-a-head for the A303.....no real fan fair because <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/</a> are already looking in the DCO - (Development Consent Order) for loopholes to challenge the government - again!!!</p><p> <a href="https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/latest-news/green-light-for-major-a303-upgrade-past-stonehenge/" target="_blank">https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/latest-news/green-light-for-major-a303-upgrade-past-stonehenge/</a> </p><p>and little bedtime reading on the Planning Inspectorate link.....</p><p><a href="https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-west/a303-stonehenge/" target="_blank">https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-west/a303-stonehenge/</a><br /></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-28720743262759912082023-07-01T07:12:00.010-07:002023-07-21T06:41:43.593-07:002nd in command comes a cropper.....<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and not Roy either!!! That's for all you Coronation Street fans 😂</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I've been banging on about Rat Running through our village for the whole of this blog - almost 10 years and the fact that something should be done to fix the A303 past Stonehenge and prevent what was an accident waiting to happen. I shudder to think what might have happened had this been a mother pushing a pram with child at her side as is often the case in our village, as people walk to and from school.....</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our village on Monday last, June 26th was horrendous with traffic from early on, the majority coming after spending the weekend at Glastonbury and it's entirely possible a lot of the drivers - already tired from lack of sleep, would have been on the road for 2 hours or more, in queues on the A303 before coming off at Winterbourne Stoke, the first turn off that gets them out of the queue to RAT RUN through Shrewton ....so one has to assume there would be a few bad tempers!!! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To prevent our elderly neighbour with mobility problems having to negotiate through the traffic, Dave got on his e-bike, electing to collect her medication for her before the surgery closed at 18.00. Sadly Dave - my 2nd in command at STAG, wearing full helmet and hi viz jacket, was knocked off his bike by a RAT RUN motor home driver coming from Glastonbury along Salisbury Rd in the village. The road is no more than 6 meters wide at this point and narrows to 5 metres. The driver doing about 20 mph, did not appear to be slowing down, even on reaching the "pinch point" and Dave put up his hand to let the driver know he was there and that he should stop or at least slow down. The motor home driver, was going through anyway and Dave, with his outstretched arm, may have caught the man's shoulder as the van passed with open window. Sadly, Dave hit the ground in a heap, the bike having gone with him and his glasses in another direction, to which the motor home driver shouted "he f...ing punched me"! Fortunately, Dave fell close to a neighbour's drive after which, he was helped into their home. Thanks to the home owners for their assistance and for cleaning his wounds. Fortunately, he was wearing a helmet which now has a small crack and scuffs</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopAGDHtJWHsYZ8XpoCp3yv_SciiU3ZWDQsebGviMorIREgUkKtu0PPIL-sc_sDHbcUBNH42dzt8WEdt3fj7KwqwJxSbICC00WyDihaa5surlnk9JAlKW95Ps4MxTxK6f48Wx20ekIouFd3pAmwB73esXpMHvpVls_MDXi8PnqDbTMFra9cGYUMmQXEsQ/s4080/20230626_225251%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopAGDHtJWHsYZ8XpoCp3yv_SciiU3ZWDQsebGviMorIREgUkKtu0PPIL-sc_sDHbcUBNH42dzt8WEdt3fj7KwqwJxSbICC00WyDihaa5surlnk9JAlKW95Ps4MxTxK6f48Wx20ekIouFd3pAmwB73esXpMHvpVls_MDXi8PnqDbTMFra9cGYUMmQXEsQ/w150-h200/20230626_225251%20(1).jpg" width="150" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br />....dread to think what might have happened if he wasn't wearing it!!! We were advised by the policeman dealing with </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">it, to attend A & E.....4 hours and 2 X-rays later we can't stay any longer getting very tired with the wait and we left at 22.00 electing to return the following morning. Finding £4.50 for the parking machine in the dark - not easy, and of course I couldn't download their wretched app either....new system in place making life stressful for the already stressed. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In Scotland hospital parking is free....!!</span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So! an update on Dave....we arrived at </span><span style="font-family: arial;">A & E the next morning Tuesday at 9.30, waited till 10.45 then triaged a 2nd time and the bruising is coming out on his shoulder and thumb....lovely colour scheme!! Not thinking we would still be there unattended at 13.00, we hadn't brought anything to eat and so a lovely nurse brought a sandwich. We then waited to be called for the treatment room till 14.45. The staff couldn't have been more thorough and attentive - like Dave was their only patient!! He's now hors de combat for 6 weeks having broken a bone in his left thumb and his clavicle (collar bone) is out of place and so they strap him up and put on a plaster (stookie to those in Scotland) too...meanwhile, our holiday next week is cancelled because we have to attend the fracture </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">clinic on Tuesday - the day we were leaving!! Lots of hours waiting and waiting and the hospital parking system get £12.00 of our hard earned pension!</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We can do without visits from the police in our '70's but never the less, we shall submit our version of the story because the driver of the motor home has put his forward with a completely different explanation - admitting he got out of his seat and hit Dave on the back of the head which in turn made him and his bike fall over - Dave didn't feel this......our paramedic friend confirms that Dave's injuries are NOT commensurate with just a "topple" I leave you with the photos to draw your own conclusion !!!! </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Those of a sensitive disposition should look away now!</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2znxr7cfS4r_cH9m3sQ9L7IzoGwt76pugt96de6f6Z0d1QsfATyHI36u0lHi9dfJUPKMBnTFx7emwAKi4w5gvpo8mBjfi4p4abNnYstLlAFyWYlB9FtQAIMR4fvYtO6kcrbKSC6KaQKAJ0CrnZZTwrbPxG-_3CdBwtTO3Wy06_Y3qBT50ECCpUONO3is/s4080/20230701_063435.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2znxr7cfS4r_cH9m3sQ9L7IzoGwt76pugt96de6f6Z0d1QsfATyHI36u0lHi9dfJUPKMBnTFx7emwAKi4w5gvpo8mBjfi4p4abNnYstLlAFyWYlB9FtQAIMR4fvYtO6kcrbKSC6KaQKAJ0CrnZZTwrbPxG-_3CdBwtTO3Wy06_Y3qBT50ECCpUONO3is/w200-h150/20230701_063435.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKbu0y0OF7q5h8BneD-G7ZtVhg-BECGWcSQxp6EAMLgeUfM58mMHTYQQ8OkC1Dq3cQllbWqka4l9qWt3oJ3NRlbA7g9hY_kXcbe4ZGrTV0izW_03iT6Q1l-U730JcXY0o5K1JAWrhFZhZuCujNW6ek7JxLncYaXQXBjvAremr2ycypfIcdEfWrnxqDTo/s4080/20230630_110339.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKbu0y0OF7q5h8BneD-G7ZtVhg-BECGWcSQxp6EAMLgeUfM58mMHTYQQ8OkC1Dq3cQllbWqka4l9qWt3oJ3NRlbA7g9hY_kXcbe4ZGrTV0izW_03iT6Q1l-U730JcXY0o5K1JAWrhFZhZuCujNW6ek7JxLncYaXQXBjvAremr2ycypfIcdEfWrnxqDTo/w150-h200/20230630_110339.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOUoE4etFN7vTj8dhwEELjRRjNo1vgeBInKK4UEQ--CtAHiG8G_2ptlc9mH1SVvNWsgT5EOooRP_Dmapclccl_asBigF9TR6-FSgCrdkhFxCdaw0tWR2VGSdLvlWDz1vVFM0xd--8fmNwVZnSeZufa4o5ROWrBpZWqi4G9sK_duv2zmpH6IkYVs2LE_Y/s4080/20230627_133052%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOUoE4etFN7vTj8dhwEELjRRjNo1vgeBInKK4UEQ--CtAHiG8G_2ptlc9mH1SVvNWsgT5EOooRP_Dmapclccl_asBigF9TR6-FSgCrdkhFxCdaw0tWR2VGSdLvlWDz1vVFM0xd--8fmNwVZnSeZufa4o5ROWrBpZWqi4G9sK_duv2zmpH6IkYVs2LE_Y/w200-h150/20230627_133052%20(1).jpg" width="200" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sadly, the police woman dealing with our case, when we phoned in the hospital report, said she didn't "need" Dave's statement because she had the explanation from the driver of the motor home plus her colleague's statement and she wouldn't require to visit us!!! She said to me "the driver said on his statement that</span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b> your husband punched him</b></i><span style="font-family: arial;">". I told her my husband doesn't go around punching other people....to which she said </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"Well I don't know your husband do I!" </i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This is not a statement I would have expected from a serving police officer! </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> I should have told her that we've lived in this village for 32 years, are on the Community Speed Watch team for 11 years and Dave has been a the Parish Councillor for 7 years! When we insisted in putting in our statement, she promised to call us over the following weekend to arrange a time to visit.....but of course - we heard nothing....waited a further week and progressed with 101 and were told the officer would call us when she came on her shift that evening.....but of course, yet again we heard nothing from her. Sadly, we have now been forced to progress with the PCC.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the meantime, we soldier on with the summer traffic ahead and our house is on the market.....had enough antics for one lifetime!!!<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke0HIY5ndrJ3QDwdfHHX2KE_OBPF1rFKJ7m1e7cyyvzcrOQ4hRJAdckirDdtt80-l6vVs8BSgLhZ_cRkZzvb_w5aRTNjoC7amai1MgHoXzEuIo8XnbmAkptuF1iM3531cvzqp-YKfpPq5dw4qjSoqA_nndAPwk_3_8HSeMonbrV6BVuflbhACGSImxyI/s4080/20230627_135139.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke0HIY5ndrJ3QDwdfHHX2KE_OBPF1rFKJ7m1e7cyyvzcrOQ4hRJAdckirDdtt80-l6vVs8BSgLhZ_cRkZzvb_w5aRTNjoC7amai1MgHoXzEuIo8XnbmAkptuF1iM3531cvzqp-YKfpPq5dw4qjSoqA_nndAPwk_3_8HSeMonbrV6BVuflbhACGSImxyI/w150-h200/20230627_135139.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcwOC4ZQgpRlmXHutaMoWHM5RNXPbYj4p-YeKrkfBicGOdQ6s1pWIntDDDZ5L3ZQAaHJPie0ZsPtw1Ik3L49kNCK6C8CZ0mH3VB1b_Zt6iYlUiEz3aPO_Agdxu1LTYyvaOqYXTBiOVBNeOBgrCIGovYFxvwW9sH_eVE6z6GYOoYnRHbYWCTFp7I1mUfk/s4080/20230627_140715.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcwOC4ZQgpRlmXHutaMoWHM5RNXPbYj4p-YeKrkfBicGOdQ6s1pWIntDDDZ5L3ZQAaHJPie0ZsPtw1Ik3L49kNCK6C8CZ0mH3VB1b_Zt6iYlUiEz3aPO_Agdxu1LTYyvaOqYXTBiOVBNeOBgrCIGovYFxvwW9sH_eVE6z6GYOoYnRHbYWCTFp7I1mUfk/w150-h200/20230627_140715.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-73936839369660409212023-05-31T09:23:00.000-07:002023-05-31T09:23:40.376-07:00A303 Stonehenge Project.....nothing!!!<p>Sadly, there has been very little or nothing to post for a while, but on the 19th, I did muster up some effort and wrote to National Highways, to which I received a reply via a telephone call from Hollie who has taken over as Senior Communications Engagement Manager, and whom we already know from before. </p><p>Today, I also received a response from DFT: Department for Transport which I have copied after my letter.... and so we soldier on.....putting up with the traffic which just gets worse and worse!!!</p><p>My letter....</p><p>"<span style="font-family: verdana;">STONEHENGE A303 PROJECT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">19/05/2023</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To: info@nationalhighways.co.uk</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">cc Ben Jakes; Mark Harper MP Secretary of State for Transport</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Good afternoon,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Firstly, I would like David Bullock to get sight of this e-mail because
I am no longer sure who to write to, now that our previous contact has left National
Highways and moved on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">As you are aware, I keep local people and others around the world,
updated via my blog about the campaign to fix the A303 past Stonehenge. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">STAG: Stonehenge Traffic Action Group and here is just one of the 281 posts </span><a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2022/12/that-long-journey-also-produces.html" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2022/12/that-long-journey-also-produces.html</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Back in January, at the last A303 Forum, we
were told by David that an announcement was “imminent” and now we would
certainly like an update on the project for the A303 at Stonehenge to allow me
to update local people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">I purposely attended a coffee morning in Salisbury on 29<sup>th</sup>
April, where our </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">MP John Glen, a close supporter of the Project, was to be in attendance
and open to questions from those at the table. John already knew what my
question would be, and I was dismayed to learn from him, that the DCO (Development Consent Order) was to be
“re visited”! I understood that this was already taking place
albeit delayed for some reason that I am not aware off.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Sadly, and not your concern, John Glen also informed us that he will
cease to be our MP come July of this year when boundaries are changed and our
part of Wiltshire will be moved away from Salisbury and put along with Devizes,
making Danny Kruger our MP. With NO disrespect to Danny, he will
not have the same knowledge as John about our predicament here in Shrewton and
RAT RUNNING to avoid queues on the Stonehenge section of the A303 where our
village is just 2 miles away, and will not therefore, be as inclined to promote
the project on our behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">This is all very depressing for those travelling to the West Country,
not to mention the delay in increasing the economy to the West, but also my mental
health has suffered as a result of the delay in information, having created the
campaign almost 10 years ago and not a spade struck!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Your sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Janice Hassett<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">STAG: Stonehenge Traffic Action Group<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Tel: 07928 645281"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class="MsoNormal">And the reply from DFT...</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkFZwTqfKkg_VhdOct1e3iwsFcICdZoZmGmbzbLAT_B1UVI1OMxtcBG6qmmRB0yvkZKNspJ8LpMu1coNYnKaLSOF5N2LARILtGbjfFb8G11ure7vtUb9tWI7ZchBor1qw-YpkXtjHeR0qEo8RS_auw4UjX4eCryUuEMmkXPzw5d_HGfV9DZHDkkZ7/s3504/DfT%20response%20May%2023%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxkFZwTqfKkg_VhdOct1e3iwsFcICdZoZmGmbzbLAT_B1UVI1OMxtcBG6qmmRB0yvkZKNspJ8LpMu1coNYnKaLSOF5N2LARILtGbjfFb8G11ure7vtUb9tWI7ZchBor1qw-YpkXtjHeR0qEo8RS_auw4UjX4eCryUuEMmkXPzw5d_HGfV9DZHDkkZ7/w290-h400/DfT%20response%20May%2023%201.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_lbqzII7z4Cm2gqsl9sX2NbLZBGISlGuEjk_9gR3H-NlWfXO4xKFFJXwKAa5kyWIvdCxnwjAmFJOaz0RMMrgj3uu8ceKX40PQdlrVxKovytpxvjtcoiN_6IoVR8P3C3LQDtaUtHbXR5XbLeiPvYaUBHKMcE9MqVhdsvgk8anCFSK-Fu3P1RSpiRg/s3504/DfT%20response%20May%2023%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="2544" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_lbqzII7z4Cm2gqsl9sX2NbLZBGISlGuEjk_9gR3H-NlWfXO4xKFFJXwKAa5kyWIvdCxnwjAmFJOaz0RMMrgj3uu8ceKX40PQdlrVxKovytpxvjtcoiN_6IoVR8P3C3LQDtaUtHbXR5XbLeiPvYaUBHKMcE9MqVhdsvgk8anCFSK-Fu3P1RSpiRg/w290-h400/DfT%20response%20May%2023%202.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-44429510135261047522023-02-09T09:19:00.002-08:002023-07-29T06:38:15.239-07:00Muddying the waters.....again!<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stonehenge Alliance are at it again...this is what they said in an e-mail to their followers around the world on 6th February :</span></p><p>"<strong><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Dear Supporter, </span></strong></p><p><strong><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The Government’s road building programme is failing
and MPs are noticing. </span></strong><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: grey; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Last week the Transport Select Committee quizzed senior civil
servants and the CEO of National Highway. Ahead of the Spring Budget
they dropped a heavy hint that the Department for Transport will need
to shrink its next tranche of schemes. Or, as the <a href="https://stonehengealliance.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=578a33cebbf3a486579018860&id=6949480ec9&e=3ff2026c69" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007e9e;">Highways Magazine </span></a>put
it, “there’s little scope for new schemes in RIS3” ie the 2025-30 investment
period.</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: grey; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><i><b>We want to make sure that the damaging and low value for
money Stonehenge tunnel scheme is kept well out of the Spring
Budget</b></i> and that the £2.5bn that it costs, is saved to spend on other essential
public services desperate for funds.</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: grey; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Can you send our prepared email to the Prime Minister/Chancellor
and Transport Secretary now?</span><strong style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </strong><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><strong><a href="https://stonehengealliance.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=578a33cebbf3a486579018860&id=5a462ad19b&e=3ff2026c69" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007e9e; font-weight: normal;">It’s ready for
you to copy / edit / email / send!</span></a> </strong></span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: grey; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Many thanks for your support and action across so many platforms! </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Best wishes </span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">John Adams and the Alliance activists".</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif">Yet again, Stonehenge Alliance have misinterpreted the piece in Highways Magazine where they say "DfT will need to shrink its next tranche of schemes etc". RIS3 for 2025-30 is for<b> future road projects and does not include the A303 Stonehenge Scheme!</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The e-mail itself is insulting to their followers by providing the letter that should be sent to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Transport Secretary.....they talk about the "widening of the A303".....hyperbole!!! giving their followers the impression that there will be a 4 lane highway on the surface at Stonehenge...this of course is the usual rubbish we've come to expect from them and should be taken with a huge pinch of salt!!!</span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">They continually say: the A303 Project is "low value for money" having worked out somehow, that the tunnel will</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i> save</i></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i> drivers just 7 minutes</i></b> on a journey that presently takes an hour to travel from Countess Roundabout to Longbarrow?? The true fact is, that same journey when and if the tunnel is built, will</span><span><i><b style="font-size: x-large;"> take </b><span style="font-size: medium;">not <b>save</b></span></i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <i>7 or 8 minutes.</i></b>...there is a difference in the way SHA deliberately misinterpreted the statement by <a href="https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/benefits/" target="_blank">https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/benefits/</a> </span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">It's evident they've not looked at the wider picture where the economy will be opened up to the West Country, Devon and Cornwall, allowing traffic to traverse freely.... under what is presently the Stonehenge bottle neck, where, I might add Co2 is building by the minute.....try sitting in that queue or.... walking around our village of Shrewton and experience our High Street and London Road both at peak times and all during the summer with Rat Run traffic trying to avoid the queue! When the government make their final decision on the DCO (Development Consent Order) and should they take Stonehenge Alliance's advice....does that traffic magically disappear?....clearly Stonehenge Alliance have NO concept!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They go on to say "re invest the money into public transport" Cloud cuckoo land!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">How on earth do they expect supplies to reach the West Country on public transport!!!!..... not to mention the increase in stay cationers to the same! Oh yes....they've said it before: "the train" doh!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You can check out what they say to their followers across the world, many of whom have<b> NO CLUE</b> where the World Heritage Site or for that matter, Stonehenge the monument, is to be found😠 here: </span></p><p><a href="https://www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/Little-scope-for-new-schemes-in-RIS-3-DfT-says/12102" target="_blank">says/12102</a> <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/lspring-budget-letter-to-ministers/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/lspring-budget-letter-to-ministers/</a> <span style="font-size: large;">or just read the bit below.....</span></p><header class="page-header" style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;"><h1 class="page-title entry-title font-inherit" itemprop="headline name" style="color: #004c1d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-top: 0.25em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Spring budget: Letter to ministers: Save Stonehenge WHS</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><em style="font-size: large; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AND</em><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Save</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">£2.5bn!" </span></span></h1><h1 class="page-title entry-title font-inherit" itemprop="headline name" style="color: #004c1d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-top: 0.25em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"P<span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">lease can you </span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">act</span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> today and demand Rishi Sunak and his Government deliver a budget that stops making things worse and starts putting things right?" </span>Why? "Stonehenge World Heritage </span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">S</span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">ite </span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">(WHS)</span><span class="s8" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> and</span><span style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">sustainable transport systems</span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> are</span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> under attack." </span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"The proposed road scheme for Stonehenge, condemned by UNESCO</span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> and rejected by the Planning Inspectorate, </span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">is being redetermined by the Secretary of State. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">The Stonehenge scheme simply doesn’t add up economically. We need to</span> <span style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px;">tell Government that the money should be re-invested </span><span style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px;">in UK-wide public services. For example, we </span><span class="s7" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">are at a tipping point with public transport being dismantled as a viable network in the UK. </span><span class="s10" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Whether you are a UK resident or not, please use the template below</span><span class="s11" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </span><span class="s10" style="color: #121212; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">as a starting point and edit to personalize your response. This will give your letter greater weight. Below are some things you can add." </span></span></h1><h1 class="page-title entry-title font-inherit" itemprop="headline name" style="color: #004c1d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.15em; margin-top: 0.25em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 0.1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">EMAIL ADDRESSES:</span></b></h1></header><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #121212; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1em 0px 0px;"><div class="action_description clearfix" style="font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>"Prime Minister </b>Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak: rishi.sunak.mp@parliament.uk</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>Or email Cabinet Office</b> and complete the form: <a href="https://contact.no10.gov.uk/" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://contact.no10.gov.uk</a> [The readymade letter below comfortably fits the 1000 character message window.]</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>Chancellor of the Exchequer </b> Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt: <a href="mailto:public.enquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk%20" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">public.enquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </span></a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>Transport Secretary </b>Rt. Hon. Mark Harper: <a href="mailto:DfT.Ministers@dft.gov.uk" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">DfT.Ministers@dft.gov.uk </a>(This address has been updated)"</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>"Subject: </b>Widening of A303 through Stonehenge World Heritage Site</p></div><p style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>Dear Prime Minister/ Chancellor / Transport Secretary,</b></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">The widening of the A303 through Stonehenge World Heritage Site is a bad idea.</span> <span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Your team of Planning Inspectors said it is hugely damaging to the archaeological landscape, with UNESCO threatening to withdraw the site’s World Heritage status if the scheme goes ahead in its present form.....<b>Hyperbole!</b></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">All the evidence suggests that spending £2.5bn on this scheme makes little economic sense. People the world over are realizing that we cannot build our way out of congestion. What is more, road building generates more CO2 and we need to get to net zero as fast as possible. There are low cost, low carbon, heritage friendly options that the Department for Transport should investigate straightaway".....<b>Hyperbole!</b></span></p><p class="s6" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">"F</span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">unding saved from building this new road </span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">should be diverted to other essential public services, </span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">including sustainable </span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">transport</span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">,</span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> to ensure more people </span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">can</span><span class="s10" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> access the WHS without having to drive. You would avoid international condemnation as well"...<b>yet</b> <b>more Hyperbole.....<a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/act-now/responding-to-typical-replies-from-mps/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/act-now/responding-to-typical-replies-from-mps/</a>!</b></span></p><div class="action_description clearfix" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10720" decoding="async" height="138" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" src="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/C4C2EBBD-F487-4757-87C5-E1BF9CD73FAA.png" srcset="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/C4C2EBBD-F487-4757-87C5-E1BF9CD73FAA.png 1920w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/C4C2EBBD-F487-4757-87C5-E1BF9CD73FAA-300x169.png 300w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/C4C2EBBD-F487-4757-87C5-E1BF9CD73FAA-1024x576.png 1024w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/C4C2EBBD-F487-4757-87C5-E1BF9CD73FAA-1536x864.png 1536w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto 0.75em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" width="245" /></p><p style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>"Please add your home address to validate the email.</b></p><p style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i>You can also write to your MP asking them to forward your concerns to the ministers. More details <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/act-now/write-to-your-mp/" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">here.</a></i></p><h3 style="color: #004c1d; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.417em; margin-top: 0.833em; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you!"</span></h3></div><strong style="font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Please share</strong><div class="synved-social-container synved-social-container-share" style="font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox" data-provider="facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstonehengealliance.org.uk%2Flspring-budget-letter-to-ministers%2F&t=Spring%20budget%3A%20Letter%20to%20ministers&s=100&p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fstonehengealliance.org.uk%2Flspring-budget-letter-to-ministers%2F&p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fstonehengealliance.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F02%2FC4C2EBBD-F487-4757-87C5-E1BF9CD73FAA.png&p[title]=Spring%20budget%3A%20Letter%20to%20ministers" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; height: 32px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; width: 32px;" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"><img alt="Facebook" class="synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share" height="32" src="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/social-media-feather/synved-social/image/social/regular/64x64/facebook.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: 32px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 32px;" title="Share on Facebook" width="32" /></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox" data-provider="twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstonehengealliance.org.uk%2Flspring-budget-letter-to-ministers%2F&text=Stonehenge%20Alliance%20-%20please%20read%3A" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; height: 32px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; width: 32px;" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"><img alt="twitter" class="synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share" height="32" src="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/social-media-feather/synved-social/image/social/regular/64x64/twitter.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: 32px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 32px;" title="Share on Twitter" width="32" /></a></div></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-89555971100579847312023-01-13T03:56:00.004-08:002023-01-13T06:43:11.493-08:00This post is only for the A303 Stonehenge geeks among us.....<p>A GEEK.....in the Oxford dictionary is......<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">a person who is knowledgeable about, and </span><span class="SDZsVb AraNOb" data-term-for-update="obsessively" data-ved="2ahUKEwjtlsvChMD8AhVZQkEAHa9zDhUQyecJegQICRAN" face="arial, sans-serif" jsaction="trigger.nw2q7b" role="link" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline;" tabindex="-1">obsessively</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> interested in a particular subject, especially one that is technical or of specialist or niche interest....that would be me then 😄</span></p><p><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">The following three links show in good detail, and in layman's terms, how the project to fix the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down section will be Constructed, Tunnel detail, and Winterbourne Stoke By-Pass. That is provided the Development Consent Order (DCO) has a positive outcome. The present Secretary of State for Transport the Rt Hon. Mark Harper MP</span> is expected to make his decision soon.</p><p>Since the previous Judial Review from our friends at <a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/</a> (SHA) in 2021, <a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2021/07/legal-challenge-against-project-upheld.html" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2021/07/legal-challenge-against-project-upheld.html</a> the re-determination process has continued, covering a range of issues including
alternative routes, carbon assessment and environment updated evaluation. If the scheme is approved, there could of course, be a further legal challenge from SHA, however, we understand they cannot re visit those areas previously challenged. I see on their web page one can contribute money to their cause in one of two ways depending on whether you live in the UK or anywhere else in the world!!!! </p><p>If there is NO challenge, preliminary works could start in Autumn 2023 with re-profiling Rollestone Cross Roads junction from Larkhill, being one of the first, which should encourage drivers away from Shrewton High Street....and this alone just might encourage <a href="https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/</a> to make a start on resurfacing that same High Street, a job that's been on the cards since 2011 and continually delayed every year since....it's a nightmare walking and driving there now, not to mention the damage to my face - (permanent) when I tripped on the bad surface of the pedestrian walk way!!!</p><p>And so to the fact sheets......</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Fact Sheet 1 </span><span style="text-align: left;">covers - Winterbourne Stoke bypass - River Till viaduct, Landscaping and noise levels.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br style="font-size: large;" /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive" target="_blank"><span></span></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="3307" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pmz2zjSRc8pkPFObXmfjcwcR4jAJk-CnCbiiv28CgEUyYvOShMBmrjk_crr6ZELLHQ9DdcLeciSkd1rpsduneOY3L6re4YxuA0s9hQsHHp81d4LBpIDwBZzsd6hh3GoxDsnB4KGoJmTCFtKz4XlXdTuZK2SJy3emOxBl7JyocGBsMizIb9iBXROZ/w200-h141/A303%20Stonehenge%20Fact%20Sheet%203%20Winterbourne%20Stoke%20conv%202.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></span> <br />So if the Secretary of State for Transport agrees the DCO hopefully, the re-profiling of Rollestone Cross Roads will deter RAT RUNNERS for the next 5 years during construction from using our High Street and subsequently local residents will be less likely to have respiratory problems in the future 😨😤 Sadly however, we have received confirmation that should there be a further challenge, the adjustment to Rollestone Cross Roads - as part of the DCO cannot go ahead independently 😡 <span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I make NO apology for this appeal....<p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv1ml0c_RsJyk9-bfVU-Hs5UQNRY9YtRbPUOqV02EIyvV-jLKrNaLDYq6z7xSDanBG96by21lpo7_G3luWjO3COkkeuAwI6WajP6idHVgjMIfg0k30gY2pdGE5RtamWQ1MqLR-Y-hgcQ8RzDbKmjCjFLSJWVsgiP1zlcqSH4jfrcEaXPeWAIguxp5u" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="298" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgv1ml0c_RsJyk9-bfVU-Hs5UQNRY9YtRbPUOqV02EIyvV-jLKrNaLDYq6z7xSDanBG96by21lpo7_G3luWjO3COkkeuAwI6WajP6idHVgjMIfg0k30gY2pdGE5RtamWQ1MqLR-Y-hgcQ8RzDbKmjCjFLSJWVsgiP1zlcqSH4jfrcEaXPeWAIguxp5u" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">With two main East - West routes through our beautiful county of Wiltshire - M4 and A303 our air ambulance is used very frequently - up to 4 times per day in fact. If you have the need to use either of these routes to the West country, especially on a regular visit to the 2nd home, please do consider donating to our wonderful <a href="https://www.wiltshireairambulance.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAiAkrWdBhBkEiwAZ9cdcPBpm7ULcPKaNDbN2aq8Ug06oDpGwFr7YzI-Vv9Yztr3h9U8xyfV6hoCAgMQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">https://www.wiltshireairambulance.co.uk</a> and keep this flying for us all! We locals are happy to pay to the charity to keep it flying - none of us know when we might need it, even those from out of the county. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The charity No 1144097 receives NO government funding....see here:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #676767; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 25px; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase;">"WE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU THIS CHRISTMAS</span></p><p style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">While many people will be enjoying some much-needed time off over the Christmas and New Year period, we will be operational and ready to respond to emergencies.</p><p style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Our lifesaving service runs up to 19 hours a day, all year round, thanks to the generous donations we receive from the general public. <span style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are only able to provide our essential Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) thanks to the people, businesses and grant-making trusts who donate and fundraise for us. As we always say, we are funded by you, flying for you – so thank you for your support. </span></p><p style="background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b>We receive no regular direct funding from the Government or National Lottery grants and need to raise £4 million each year to keep flying and saving lives."</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgscdrnNDvihVvY4ddJLT43HsmuOeGQQ64y_L1gMSUpi1Bwz3X4aUqK7NIZgqoHjSUSPq6YnQgdrqgcZBvXttI6qSrlmRGh6bMqyl5lMwVHLT0n8g6uqxpAVLG20SbRAeXIOGPJH-M7xr-ML2Canl9fD0SHQlTfAWNl1dxAL7OTZZeDuYukb0kdNwTC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgscdrnNDvihVvY4ddJLT43HsmuOeGQQ64y_L1gMSUpi1Bwz3X4aUqK7NIZgqoHjSUSPq6YnQgdrqgcZBvXttI6qSrlmRGh6bMqyl5lMwVHLT0n8g6uqxpAVLG20SbRAeXIOGPJH-M7xr-ML2Canl9fD0SHQlTfAWNl1dxAL7OTZZeDuYukb0kdNwTC" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/23217798.a303-traffic-woman-60s-airlifted-hospital-five-car-crash/" target="_blank">https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/23217798.a303-traffic-woman-60s-airlifted-hospital-five-car-crash/</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">This is the story from yesterday that made me think to put out this appeal - yet another road traffic collision (RTC) on the A303 near or around Winterbourne Stoke, this time east bound where 5 vehicles were involved at around 5pm last evening - Wednesday 28th December, with one vehicle ending up on it's roof!! I won't go into the why's and wherefore's of how that could happen at this section of the A303 which is single carriageway, but speed must be a factor. With one woman taken by Wiltshire Air Ambulance to a local hospital and five others treated for minor injury....putting yet more pressure on our emergency services and A&E., sadly, this is a regular occurrence for the A303 going through Winterbourne Stoke while they await the government deciding whether a fly over is the right thing to fix this section of the A303.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Our county of Wiltshire is the route to the sun and with our obsession of getting away 4 or more times a year, even in winter, please drive with care and support our Air Ambulance - you may just need it sometime! </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-52447280815944281812022-12-27T08:47:00.004-08:002023-03-15T04:44:06.564-07:00That long journey also produces.....<p> The technicolor yawn!!!😨<br /> ....or some may call it....calling for Hughie and Ralf!</p><p>Regular readers of my blog will know how we in Shrewton, have to contend with litter thrown from vehicles, and this can be what projects itself as that "Scottish pick me up" Iron Bru or something that in bottle, resembles the same ...see here: <a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2021/05/solet-ran-run-beginagain.html" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2021/05/solet-ran-run-beginagain.html</a>, we may also be subjected to carbon monoxide poisoning on a regular basis, and......other less attractive outpourings. While walking home with my dog - along the B3083 in the pouring rain at 1600 or 4pm to some, there is a vehicle packed to the gunwhales, blocking a neighbour's driveway, with all the doors and tail gate open, desperately wondering where she put the wet wipes because one of the kids has had a projectile vomit - at least, that's what Wiki call it.😂 This is spread right across the road but at least the rain will see it off pretty soon!</p><p>And just 2 hours after my previous post, this is what our High Street is providing in the way of carbon monoxide poisoning for us walkers: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hdTdMa0KEZb45JQ7smQrhBWJBvSTmUIbaI4owPBHg8x8YC-6LA-ku2QjUYEd2hE-CD4hovE-H0AaYO4PUI6OcM2GpUlQo28c7I1-rAkbiI2UTke2nqKnZmpFsKWZ3diUsJWAGBFgYMU7pTb9Lc3mpRWTN3TUJs41B-Bprz9FVexqvNUmE5S9jg2d/s4128/20221227_155643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hdTdMa0KEZb45JQ7smQrhBWJBvSTmUIbaI4owPBHg8x8YC-6LA-ku2QjUYEd2hE-CD4hovE-H0AaYO4PUI6OcM2GpUlQo28c7I1-rAkbiI2UTke2nqKnZmpFsKWZ3diUsJWAGBFgYMU7pTb9Lc3mpRWTN3TUJs41B-Bprz9FVexqvNUmE5S9jg2d/s320/20221227_155643.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bGlqHxrBSPFHwS6zXi3buZkQuYotjEV38Bsgcf4-6vz4iHFLSB4KhwOUaf3jTJD0RBovqUki7I1gj0w0Iqi99CBWL7clSBbz35mmU1zRfFx6kBe_4wTPRZj3pZmM6xkmHy03JwDC840-F7JMqiNu0q28m87lU8CrJPxO4dSacK2r17YCClVuCrNL/s4128/20221227_155635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bGlqHxrBSPFHwS6zXi3buZkQuYotjEV38Bsgcf4-6vz4iHFLSB4KhwOUaf3jTJD0RBovqUki7I1gj0w0Iqi99CBWL7clSBbz35mmU1zRfFx6kBe_4wTPRZj3pZmM6xkmHy03JwDC840-F7JMqiNu0q28m87lU8CrJPxO4dSacK2r17YCClVuCrNL/s320/20221227_155635.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>How nice! Just get the bloody road fixed!<p></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-13470482568780523952022-12-27T06:27:00.001-08:002022-12-27T06:30:43.078-08:00Of course we only get this at holiday times on the A303....<p> another update next Monday 2nd January 2023!</p><p>Do nothing and this just gets worse for local people and travellers alike!</p><p>If the line is orange....it's moving steadily</p><p>If the line is red....it's moving very slowly</p><p>If the line is brown....it's stopped!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4DUfU4TbUJFddgulbhK4AUzRrKfeu-S0XMlKyja9woIfrndkQen6XSDl_zY9FM5Gq1FI7cnlzv4u8UKpbO8eOlXMWNbSRRGlw095jlT4eqTx1zDHc6L7dFv5PZTeErVRcSJC9BCqQpPaBxu31YW1_q4Oyjt4d_LREtKpW2wevk4e5nniXAMN9Mee/s4128/20221227_141539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4DUfU4TbUJFddgulbhK4AUzRrKfeu-S0XMlKyja9woIfrndkQen6XSDl_zY9FM5Gq1FI7cnlzv4u8UKpbO8eOlXMWNbSRRGlw095jlT4eqTx1zDHc6L7dFv5PZTeErVRcSJC9BCqQpPaBxu31YW1_q4Oyjt4d_LREtKpW2wevk4e5nniXAMN9Mee/s320/20221227_141539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLrR3DCUixMhpFPO2fOvxtCND5U9RFrlNu6KO7C4HXdSaIMvd6Kn5gPOdUgS8G3OtLZCvJgAp3wixvCJs_pf0V-DkNvKuXdIbODP45YNJt600DjbSWoV1FRQc1_DsYn8Wyl7w2K70htYcQAWIlYeizshhNAX-0hiv6kLbnzYDEkeHrQna6nD7N86w/s4128/20221227_141511.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLrR3DCUixMhpFPO2fOvxtCND5U9RFrlNu6KO7C4HXdSaIMvd6Kn5gPOdUgS8G3OtLZCvJgAp3wixvCJs_pf0V-DkNvKuXdIbODP45YNJt600DjbSWoV1FRQc1_DsYn8Wyl7w2K70htYcQAWIlYeizshhNAX-0hiv6kLbnzYDEkeHrQna6nD7N86w/s320/20221227_141511.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXR3PVc91u3h3j96AdUJ45lfj49J-wVSyXgH2nq2Eb4BHtgE4RdfF2e44xanmKjYUxfv7jMTCwsp2eid5HSFP-FDaFk4ooVpWX8ioZuDMS-Ukasy-BQb_iuD6AytwHgWhBD3wly3Y_hs6-jzL2Rd7e0_PR-lQgJewE3KbBIJ4GaeNstiqrMEq6RoYo/s4128/20221227_141451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXR3PVc91u3h3j96AdUJ45lfj49J-wVSyXgH2nq2Eb4BHtgE4RdfF2e44xanmKjYUxfv7jMTCwsp2eid5HSFP-FDaFk4ooVpWX8ioZuDMS-Ukasy-BQb_iuD6AytwHgWhBD3wly3Y_hs6-jzL2Rd7e0_PR-lQgJewE3KbBIJ4GaeNstiqrMEq6RoYo/s320/20221227_141451.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-54867615987716873612022-12-13T04:21:00.007-08:002022-12-14T03:13:32.477-08:00So they're at it again folks.....lies, lies and more lies!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/act-now/write-to-your-mp/" target="_blank">https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/act-now/write-to-your-mp/</a> asking their followers to write to their MP and<b> "in your own words" </b>😂😂😂 then they go on to make no less than 9 suggestions providing 1st liners of how to write to your MP ..... asking for the scheme to be abandoned!!! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #004c1d; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.875em;">"Ask UK Government to stop the road!"</span></p><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #121212; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1em 0px 0px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8971" class="alignleft wp-image-10322 size-thumbnail" decoding="async" height="150" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DAEEAFC7-0793-406A-A013-45F10BF8C9D3-150x150.jpg" srcset="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DAEEAFC7-0793-406A-A013-45F10BF8C9D3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DAEEAFC7-0793-406A-A013-45F10BF8C9D3-45x45.jpg 45w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 4px 1.25em 0.75em 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" width="150" />"The decision to go ahead with the A303 Stonehenge scheme has been legally QUASHED.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Transport Secretary must therefore decide whether to:</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">– Approve the scheme.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">– Reject the scheme.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">– Or ask for changes to the scheme, which would require a new application.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">National Highways has<a href="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/redetermination-national-highways-responses/" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;"> submitted its responses</a> to the former Transport Secretary’s re-determination questions which <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i>continue to support its discredited scheme application </i><strong style="font-style: italic; overflow-wrap: break-word;">unaltered</strong><i>......</i><i style="font-weight: bold;">lies lies and yet more lies!!! </i>See our responses to the 1st liners....</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: red; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>We</b><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> need to persuade the new Transport Secretary, the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, to reconsider and abandon the £2.5bn scheme.</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The new Government administration, under Prime Minister Sunak, needs to avoid international condemnation and <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">save Stonehenge World Heritage Site from a devastating road scheme."</strong></p><h3 style="color: #004c1d; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.417em; margin-top: 0.833em; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"Write to your MP using your own words"</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">"It is more effective if you can compose a short email or letter in your own words."</strong></p><div class="entry-content clearfix" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 1em 0px 0px;"><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_10045" style="clear: both; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; width: 625px;"><a href="https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-10045" class="wp-image-10045" decoding="async" height="338" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px" src="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UK-Parliament-Find-your-MP-LOGO-1024x562.jpg" srcset="https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UK-Parliament-Find-your-MP-LOGO-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UK-Parliament-Find-your-MP-LOGO-300x165.jpg 300w, https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/UK-Parliament-Find-your-MP-LOGO.jpg 1044w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 0.75em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;" width="615" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-10045" style="font-size: 0.9em; font-style: italic; margin: -0.5em 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 1em 1em; position: relative; text-align: center;">Find your MP <a href="https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">here</a></p></div><h3 style="color: #004c1d; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.417em; margin-top: 0.833em; overflow-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline;">"What should I say?"</h3><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Use the sample letter below, or use the points to compose your own.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dear [first and last names of your MP],</strong></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">"I am shocked to learn that the UK Government is still considering going ahead with the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel scheme even though permission for it was quashed in the High Court"...<i><b>lies!...it was halted on just 2 points out of 10 which have now been addressed</b></i></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">"Please ask the Transport Secretary to abandon this scheme before it’s too late"...<i><b>late for what?</b></i></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">"The scheme makes no economic sense, costing more than it will ever deliver in benefits"...<i><b> in your amazing calculations, did you lot consider that the scheme will benefit local people and increase the economy to the West country! NO! I thought not!</b></i></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">"There is world wide opposition to damaging our World Heritage Site (WHS)"....<i><b>doh! only from followers around the world who pay money to Stonehenge Alliance and who don't have a clue where the World Heritage Site is to be found!</b></i></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">"The scheme examiners recommended refusal on the grounds of significant and irreversible damage to the WHS"....<i><b>More lies! They did not recommend refusal but made suggestions to counter Stonehenge Alliances made up assertions.</b></i></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">"The scheme goes against the advice of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee,<span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </span>and<span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> of many experienced archaeologists and specialists..."</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i><b>The "many experienced archaeologists" yes.... the ones who work directly to Stonehenge Alliance! As for the UNESCO bit....well even they say a balance needs to be struck but our friends here have admitted to having "NO COMMON GROUND"! A situation that has not changed since the meeting at Salisbury Race Course in April 2019 and there has been NO compromise since!</b></i></span></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"UNESCO has advised against continuing with the current proposals suggesting instead that a new proposal that avoid</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">s</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> the WHS </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">is examined or, failing that, longer tunnels are explored"....</span></span><i style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b>A number of "proposals" were considered in the past...where were you Stonehenge Alliance when that was in progress...way before you became interested!!</b></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><b></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"It will undermine the UK’s commitment to urgently address climate change"...</span><i style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Surely vehicles "on the move" create less carbon than those sitting in queues passing the monument.... with engines running for over an hour to travel 3 miles?!!</b></i></li><li style="margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">"Ask </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; color: #095e9e; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">your MP </a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">to ensure that your concerns are forwarded to the Secretaries of State for Transport and Culture".</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Yours sincerely," etc etc.....</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="color: black; overflow-wrap: break-word;">If the DCO is approved, presumably Stonehenge Alliance will be, yet again, going cap in hand to their followers around the world for yet more money to continue their relentless campaign and will be in contact with that expensive QC from London as they did in 2021!</span></p></div></div>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-36070562928841477512022-12-11T04:17:00.001-08:002022-12-29T04:26:08.652-08:00So we just built it ourselves.....the tunnel I mean<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> Welcome to Shrewton on a Christmas Tree....<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2YkgpHH6xLKcSYSjpri7i9aUtrpQzZSO4FiYjeeQC4waVpNiXux5b5Y4Qsphq2WysOWpgd7mKM38Mw3QTyYOiwxkAyv2CSf3m0SRCQEe-lda0KgtCVYOYkOMCj4XG-9SrPZN8nE6CmajLVzOUBxg_bvlOwHF1ut_hKTQ1rdGk2JAUyW1sCm1NgLg/s4128/20221208_152014.jpg" style="clear: left; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRU4x9S6BRLO9bMPvvfKV5XgNRPkAIKqKIIQjWs2dipNnENtICIyLW2qoTLyI8aeMCzaTPdoUD7TtzOV7zjUBEx8ZFC_bdaAta50qDQ3CbIvv3y4x2So9tVoksRiya6H10ytwUZzCvIs1hOWkjPTCOsRq3jhQrDMXps6wXPe8EbGcBQN_VRKjtXPf1/s320/20221208_152323.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Please look carefully at the traffic on our tree because this is the real deal for all the naysayers who think nothing should be done about fixing the A303 past Stonehenge. This is what we have to contend with day in day out and for those who continually obstruct the process, try living here for just a weekend or even spend half an hour in our High Street on a Friday afternoon - any Friday of the year!!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2V9kW7SBaTfmZoKwBbvHX7YEYJREMmKCicnx1Nx_rXoNBOzPedc2n6vEdSQAlywF-Ph9RIMgr3vjgtm8M38urkRHrg1DuaSmSDR8WykncuF20mTam-fR379qGPT5zta_zfiOMP4K87mFbL7Zmf9Jzg1ZhWqpdYe_XTPdOqdGbutPYWAQepseUgHc/s4128/20221208_152308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2V9kW7SBaTfmZoKwBbvHX7YEYJREMmKCicnx1Nx_rXoNBOzPedc2n6vEdSQAlywF-Ph9RIMgr3vjgtm8M38urkRHrg1DuaSmSDR8WykncuF20mTam-fR379qGPT5zta_zfiOMP4K87mFbL7Zmf9Jzg1ZhWqpdYe_XTPdOqdGbutPYWAQepseUgHc/s320/20221208_152308.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The tree was on display at our Christmas Tree Fest here in the village where groups and businesses pulled together and we enjoyed 31 trees to view.</p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-40477794271236462812022-11-29T02:55:00.006-08:002022-12-10T07:07:42.543-08:00Protest Management application by N Highways is in!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicOaHWegENKpNv7b8lZIb1uKKIiv1xJpMrNegF907L3fPNuqXsn4JI3ttw-i2WmLHSj4erKtCVD0eA7dhxpkU-j8swHgSgEabg5Ry1Je2bspQchPRbE-FIz6hb3AczHgBxPyyjR0IMwpwtdQQ9iOfIe7F56U349Xz0PVrQfDt3tKBHkslSgFBzlOmW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="650" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicOaHWegENKpNv7b8lZIb1uKKIiv1xJpMrNegF907L3fPNuqXsn4JI3ttw-i2WmLHSj4erKtCVD0eA7dhxpkU-j8swHgSgEabg5Ry1Je2bspQchPRbE-FIz6hb3AczHgBxPyyjR0IMwpwtdQQ9iOfIe7F56U349Xz0PVrQfDt3tKBHkslSgFBzlOmW" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="brandon-grotesque, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px; text-align: start;">"National Highways is seeking to procure a contractor to provide safe and effective incident management and potential protest management response for its A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project.</span></div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">The tender for specialist security services is for an initial five years but could be extended for a further three years at National Highways’ discretion. It is expecting the full eight-year contract to be worth between £5M and £10M, with the value dependent upon service requirement.</span></p><div><div class="newci-inread-slot-1" data-id="207540" id="newci-288653084" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div gano="3" gid="div-gpt-ad-1_9_1_2_1" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.77778; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 32px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">The roads operator requires the contractor to carry out incident management and response to protesters safely and effectively to minimize any impact on National Highways’ programme and reputation. The deadline for applications is 23 January 2023. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.77778; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 32px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-monitors-lower-thames-crossing-and-stonehenge-tunnel-value-for-money-issues-25-11-2022/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #005c87; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">It comes after a new report from the National Audit Office revealed that the expected cost of the scheme has been revised up from £1.7bn to £2.4bn.</a> see here from the National Audit Office (NAO) This increase, as the link tells us, is affected by factors such as the war in Ukrane and the current economic situation following Covid 19: I notice the NAO continue to refer to National Highways as Highways England - a title that was changed in August 2021 <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/south-west-road-improvements-and-the-stonehenge-tunnel/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/south-west-road-improvements-and-the-stonehenge-tunnel/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.77778; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 32px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/progress-with-the-second-road-investment-strategy/" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/progress-with-the-second-road-investment-strategy/</a> So!<span style="background-color: transparent;"> if you been paying attention, you'll remember I posted the last update from National Audit Office (NAO) on 21st May 2019 see here: </span><a href="https://staga303.blogspot.com/2019/05/national-audit-office-update.html" style="background-color: transparent;" target="_blank">https://staga303.blogspot.com/2019/05/national-audit-office-update.html</a><span style="background-color: transparent;"> so keep up! 😂</span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.77778; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 32px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/international-contractors-lined-up-to-build-stonehenge-tunnel-26-05-2022/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #777777; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">in May this year, a joint venture known as MORE JV comprising Spain’s FCC Construcción, Italian firm WeBuild and BeMo Tunnelling from Austria, was lined up to deliver the tunnel and main construction work.</a></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: minion-pro, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.77778; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 32px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/costain-and-motts-win-key-stonehenge-tunnel-role-30-09-2022/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #005c87; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Costain and Mott MacDonald have been awarded a £60M contract to be assurance delivery partners on the scheme.</a></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-seeks-security-and-protest-management-services-for-stonehenge-tunnel-28-11-2022/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-seeks-security-and-protest-management-services-for-stonehenge-tunnel-28-11-2022/</a></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-10616394121504259432022-11-23T03:26:00.003-08:002022-11-23T04:49:25.676-08:00The usual insults from Stonehenge Alliance....<p><span style="font-size: large;">These people are vile with no thought for local people living near and around the WHS.... and even more so, their uninformed followers who I see from the comments, live elsewhere and not interested in the wider picture!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When will the <i><b>Government and National Highways</b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/" target="_blank">https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/a303-stonehenge/</a> </b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">take this lot on....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">STAG cannot do this alone!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In this piece, they fail to use the title of "OBE" after the name of one Timothy Darvill - Professor of Archaeology at Bournemouth University and continue with their conjecture and misinformation which results in opinions of their followers that could be taken as defamation of character! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stonehengealliance/?" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/stonehengealliance/?</a> The people who comment on the post should take this into account: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ILfuVd" face="arial, sans-serif" lang="en" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; line-height: 24px;"><span class="hgKElc" style="padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;">"Defamation is <b>a false statement which discredits a person's character or reputation</b>. If it is spoken it is called slander. If it is published in print, or through some form of media, it is called libel. A defamatory statement is one that is communicated to at least one person other than the subject."</span></span><span class="kX21rb ZYHQ7e" face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #70757a; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.34; padding-right: 0px; white-space: nowrap;">30 May 2022</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You can read the article from Timothy Darvill OBE here and the updated part is near the end:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/stonehenge-road-tunnel-archaeology-a303/?fbclid=IwAR076rXPIQ_Jz53W7-jpO7yEOXayTMncfUXVfVU4bnscNvsQ9Vse-5s1fgM" target="_blank">https://www.apollo-magazine.com/stonehenge-road-tunnel-archaeology-a303/?fbclid=IwAR076rXPIQ_Jz53W7-jpO7yEOXayTMncfUXVfVU4bnscNvsQ9Vse-5s1fgM</a> </span></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538118550106105862.post-43199454925559399252022-11-19T09:30:00.003-08:002022-11-21T01:12:09.296-08:00OK...don't fix the A303..... !<p> and this is just one incident of many how not fixing it, affects us here in Shrewton:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On Friday last, the writer of this blog sadly, had to attend a funeral in the village at St.Mary’s Church. It was supposed to have started at
13.00. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLRbeIEpQtk-y67QKdXubwvPvgVy0F94gMSW6iar5PifgIl02BYa9fme3vd-f-wvpDE6k51fF3kOu-n9q_-Ovn1G3Z6Q5Gt2hyFRlJd3UsB_3Dj-VYNAhMn-CeKUFwM8msYDxmc8cicuotiUhumqD1MoaOmh7INU9GlCdOuFRDay4fHL6p3ztGH515" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="667" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLRbeIEpQtk-y67QKdXubwvPvgVy0F94gMSW6iar5PifgIl02BYa9fme3vd-f-wvpDE6k51fF3kOu-n9q_-Ovn1G3Z6Q5Gt2hyFRlJd3UsB_3Dj-VYNAhMn-CeKUFwM8msYDxmc8cicuotiUhumqD1MoaOmh7INU9GlCdOuFRDay4fHL6p3ztGH515" width="320" /></a></div><br />On our way, we find the High Street extremely busy in both directions... for a non event Friday i.e. not holiday weekend or summer. Firstly, we couldn’t turn right
into Furlong Way, to park the car – the opening was blocked with RAT RUN traffic that couldn't move back or forward….Obviously, no thought for emergency vehicles, hands up in disgust!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaYwKZ254HI7DulIsuRyiy-GhkiU-_K1VJt9DxUN8uiSLSeYNY6xpp_YJsN46JuqHzeUi79s9QouY_NlP1CQ6zPPPVGnio4qbO8uTrKqzaBXPlLdzlqRy0GAtIZ_QczVFUcmHWpnHQjOXGCzHeLqDNKpMkKjnYuOciM2KJyehMgNeZpWaFpv1MjmSN" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1003" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaYwKZ254HI7DulIsuRyiy-GhkiU-_K1VJt9DxUN8uiSLSeYNY6xpp_YJsN46JuqHzeUi79s9QouY_NlP1CQ6zPPPVGnio4qbO8uTrKqzaBXPlLdzlqRy0GAtIZ_QczVFUcmHWpnHQjOXGCzHeLqDNKpMkKjnYuOciM2KJyehMgNeZpWaFpv1MjmSN=w144-h200" width="144" /></a></div>Secondly, when we walk down the stairs in
the grave yard, there is some shouting going on in the road outside the church
railings…The Rat Runners won't allow a bus to get through and one of our residents "politely" told the driver of the vehicle, how to find reverse gear!!! Thirdly, the Vicar apologized to
the church packed with mourners for the lateness in starting the funeral service, <span style="font-size: 16px;">and explained this was due to queues on the A303</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">making</span></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> people coming from afar, late in arrival and she wanted to get everyone in before commencing the service. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> There were four other arrivals well into the service all saying they’d been
held up not only on the A303 but also getting into the village! This is just one instance where we here in Shrewton are inconvenienced by the traffic on the A303. I find out later that there had been two RTCs one either side of Winterbourne Stoke.....over stretching our emergency services in this area yet again!</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I rest my
case!</span></p>Janice Hassetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09060095379144135450noreply@blogger.com2