LONDON – On Wednesday, the British government vowed to construct a two-mile tunnel below the Stonehedge.
The Stonehedge is a southern England prehistoric site with a mysterious circle of stones.
British finance minister Rishi Sunak stated that for over the past thirty years, governments failed to eradicate the traffic bottleneck from roads surrounding the site.
The plan to build the tunnel had first been announced in late 2014 and has been plagued by delays and increasing costs along with concerns on the impact it would have on a world heritage site.
“It is one of our most important regional arteries. It is one of those totemic projects symbolising delay and obstruction. Governments have been trying to fix it since the 1980s. This government is going to get it done.”
– Rishi Sunak
The world heritage site has long created one of Britain’s most picturesque traffic jams due to the narrowing roads and slowing motorists to take in views of the Stonehenge.
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