A303: Stonehenge

(asked on 4th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ease any traffic congestion on the A303 near Stonehenge.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 9th November 2021

The Roads Investment Strategy 2 reflects this Government’s commitment to upgrading the A303/A358 corridor as a priority for improving connections between the South-West and London and the South-East. The delivery of the corridor is a part of a long-term aim to improve inter- and intra-regional connectivity, by providing a second reliable high-performing connection between the South-West and the South-East, in addition to the M4/M5.

Following an Order of the High Court made on 30 July 2021, the Secretary of State's decision dated 12 November 2020 to grant development consent for the application by Highways England for the proposed A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge) scheme has been quashed. The Secretary of State must now re-determine that application.

As a live planning case, it would not be appropriate for the Department to comment further on the scheme at this time.

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