Representation by Dr Andrew Shuttleworth
- Date submitted
- 19 December 2018
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
In making my representation on the A303 Stonehenge Scheme I would wish to begin by stating my support for the scheme as a whole; an effective dual carriageway bypass of Winterbourne Stoke and the Stonehenge World Heritage Site is long overdue.
I wish, in my representation, to raise specific concerns with the Examining Authority on the following issues:
the need and justification for a safe north-south crossing (an underpass) of the A303 at the western end of the scheme at Yarnbury Castle;
the undesirability and lack of credible justification for Green Bridge 1 in Winterbourne Stoke;
the need for both sound and visual barriers on the southern side of the Till viaduct. Furthermore, the need for visual barriers to be much higher than the proposed 1.5 metres;
the need to convert the route of the existing A303 to the west of Winterbourne Stoke to a gated, restricted byway, to allow limited controlled farm access and to restrict likely criminality;
the need for removal/filling-in of the existing layby to the west of Winterbourne Stoke to minimise its attraction to the travelling community and to restrict opportunities for criminality (eg. hare-coursing)
the need to reroute the proposed cycleway and footpath to the east of Winterbourne Stoke from the north side of the A303 to the south side;
the need for a Green Bridge crossing of the A360 near its junction with the new route of the A303 at Longbarrow, instead of the proposed light-controlled crossing for equines, cyclists and pedestrians, as a critical safety measure;
the need to ensure that Highways England have sought the appropriate scientific and health advice regarding the inhalation risks posed by radiation from particulate alpha emitters (particularly isotopes of polonium, bismuth and lead) found in any phosphatic chalk excavated from the proposed tunnel.