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All the schemes in the RIS4 Pipeline programme remain uncommitted, with no guarantee they will be taken forward into construction. We won't know which schemes are committed until the RIS4 is published. Why is it important to improve these roads? High court victory for Stonehenge campaigners as tunnel is ruled unlawful". The Guardian. 30 July 2021 . Retrieved 12 August 2021. Stonehenge permanent road closure work begins". BBC News: Wiltshire. 24 June 2013 . Retrieved 19 August 2016. Main article: Stonehenge road tunnel After years of deliberation, the A344 junction with the A303 by Stonehenge was closed and returned to nature. Henderson, Mark (1 August 1998). "Transport cut raises fear of jams tomorrow". The Times. p.14 . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
Improving journeys to the South West - The case for the A303/A358 corridor (PDF). Highways England (Report). 2018. p.7 . Retrieved 6 December 2021. Highways Agency (27 July 2010). "Road closures for the purposes of filming Top Gear". What Do They Know . Retrieved 19 August 2016. Concerns mount over plans for two-mile road tunnel past Stonehenge". The Guardian. 2 April 2019 . Retrieved 11 March 2020.Historic England. "Airmen's Cross near Stonehenge (1242829)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
We’re building a new 8.7-mile section of dual carriageway. It’s being built away from the existing road, but will tie into the current A30 at Chiverton Cross and Carland Cross roundabouts. These roundabouts are being rebuilt as part of the work. Once finished, they’ll be split level junctions, which means that only traffic leaving or joining the A30 will need to use them. Costen, M.D. (1992). The Origins of Somerset. Manchester University Press. p.24. ISBN 978-0-719-03675-0. Road designations were first allocated by the Ministry of Transport in the early 1920s, but the New Direct Road was not initially considered a major through route. Instead, the older coaching road further south via Salisbury and Yeovil was determined to be the main road. [18] Maps produced by companies independent to the Ordnance Survey, the Government's official mapping body, marked the New Direct Road as a "class I" route anyway. [19] After decades of debate, [49] the A303's junction with the A344, just east of Stonehenge, was closed in 2013 as part of improvements to visitor facilities. [50] During this work, a roadside monument was moved to the visitor centre; the stone monument is to Captain Eustace Loraine and Staff-Sergeant Richard Wilson, killed in July 1912 in the first fatal accident of the recently formed Royal Flying Corps. [51] A36 Stoford and Stapleford Drainage". Highways England. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016 . Retrieved 19 August 2016.You’ll probably see some road building activity if you drive along the A30 in Cornwall. We’re doing what we can to keep traffic moving along the route during the works. Our aim is to keep at least one lane of traffic open in each direction during the works – which is the same as before the work started. In 2011, BBC Four broadcast the documentary A303 Highway to the Sun. [71] The writer Tom Fort drove the length of the A303 in a Morris Traveller, making various stops. [72] The following year, he published a book with the same title; it covers the history of the road, and British road planning, together with landscape, history and general travel writing. During research, one interviewee recommended using the A303 to reach southwest England, adding it was "less boring than the motorway, and you've always got Stonehenge". [73] The programme was praised for its eclecticism and enthusiasm for what could have been a tedious subject. [74] [75] Junctions and landmarks [ edit ] Stonehenge A303 tunnel plan approved by transport secretary". BBC News. 12 November 2020 . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
At the Government’s request we’ve started some early work to look at the section of the A303 between South Petherton and Southfields (in Somerset) to understand what could be done to improve the flow of traffic. Stonehenge A303 Road Improvement Scheme – Frequently Asked Questions". National Trust . Retrieved 18 August 2016. A303 traffic woes to continue as upgrade of key route in doubt". Somerset Live. 30 September 2021 . Retrieved 21 January 2022. The road has evolved from historical routes, some of which are thousands of years old, including the Harrow Way and the Fosse Way. The modern route was first laid out in the early 19th century as the New Direct Road, a faster coaching route from London to Exeter. It was initially in demand but fell into disuse as railways became popular from the 1840s onwards. It was not thought of as a significant through route when roads were initially numbered, but was revived as a major road in 1933, eventually becoming a trunk road in 1958. Since then, the A303 has gradually been upgraded to modern standards, though there are still several unimproved parts with longstanding plans to fix them. A303 (Stonehenge Scheme)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 5 July 1967 . Retrieved 19 August 2016.more miles of motorway by early 1980s will bring growth to less prosperous areas". The Times. 24 June 1971. p.4 . Retrieved 19 August 2016. A303/A358 South Petherton to M5 Taunton". Highways Agency. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009 . Retrieved 22 November 2009. Prior to the broadcast of Series 15 of Top Gear in 2010, the cast of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May were spotted and recorded driving along the A303 in what appeared to be house cars. The video was recorded and put on YouTube. [70] Travis, John F (1993). The Rise of the Devon Seaside Resorts, 1750–1900. University of Exeter Press. p.64. ISBN 978-0-859-89392-3.
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