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Mark Harper gives consent to disputed scheme to widen roads and dig two-mile tunnel near ancient site
Plans for a controversial road tunnel at Stonehenge have been approved by the government.
The transport secretary, Mark Harper, has granted a development consent order for a scheme to widen roads and dig a two-mile tunnel near the ancient site. The project, which was initially costed at £1.7bn, is designed to speed up journey times on the A303, a major link to south-west England.
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