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Stonehenge rising

Australian architectural firm Denton Corker Marshall, originally
of Melbourne but now well-established in London, will at last see
their competition-winning design for the environs of Stonehenge
get built. The target, for completion is to be 2008. The 7000-acre
Stonehenge site will be backed by an ingenious scheme of subsidy
to arable farmers to restore the land to grass, at 160 per acre.
There will be hidden parking, a visitors centre and also shuttle
transport for wheel-bound visitors to reach the site itself. Others
may prefer to walk the enhanced and restored ground. The existing
shacks will be demolished. There will also be hireable bicycles.
But a possible stumbling block which could reduce the best-laid
plans could, inevitably, rest upon arrangements for the existing
A303 road, which still runs close past the monuments. Four tunnel
options are now being considered. Meanwhile costs continue to rise
— inexorably — yes Minister, threatening the present 57
million budget plan.

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