§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how he will include a bypass of Chicklade in his A303(T) road improvement west of Stonehenge; [55296]
(2) how he will fund the A303(T) improvement at Stonehenge announced on 31 July; [55294]
(3) if the A303(T) improvement at Stonehenge will include a grade-separated junction at Long Barrow Roundabout; and what are the reasons for this decision. [55295]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe scheme will be taken forward on the understanding that at least a third of the costs will be funded from Heritage sources. The precise 901W sources will be for consideration nearer the time but are likely to include contributions from the Heritage Lottery Fund and from English Heritage's receipts from a new visitor centre at Stonehenge.
A grade separated junction to the west of Stonehenge at Long Barrow Roundabout will be one of the options to be considered at the detailed design stage in taking forward the Stonehenge proposals. A decision will be based on the five criteria used for the Roads Review.
A series of studies was announced in the Roads Review to look at the problems on the trunk road network not addressed by the targeted programme of improvements. One of these studies will be the corridor London to South West and South Wales. Amongst its aims will be to consider capacity problems on the single carriageway sections on the A303, matters of safety, and the impact caused by seasonal traffic. This will include the section A303 through Chicklade. A decision on a bypass around Chicklade will be taken in the light of the results of that study.