Representation by Karl Lerocq
- Date submitted
- 12 December 2018
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Having a deep interest in the Neolithic landscape, and being a Stonehenge (and its environs) visitor for over 20 years, I'm deeply concerned over this project. I have talked at length with the employees at Stonehenge, and while citing accidents as people look at Stonehenge on the A303, this could be more simply prevented by a vast reduction in speed limit and warnings, instead of tearing up the landscape. Already much of the area has been lost, barrows etc. which could contribute to a larger understanding of our ancestors. That UNESCO already has concerns over this proposition is telling. I've visited many UNESCO sites worldwide, and they are pretty much respectful of the area itself, something they know how to do. Isolating Stonehenge off as a cash cow for tourism is an insult to the British people whose cultural inheritance and this is. UNESCO sites such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia is open all year round for free to Cambodians, a factor that should be taken note of here, rather than fencing it off. Absurd.