§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will ask English Heritage lo produce illustrations of the Stonehenge landscape during the multi-year period of construction of the two kilometre cut-and-cover tunnel they propose, and of the landscape with the scar of the cut-and-cover tunnel, similar to the airbrushed illustrations of the Stonehenge landscape in the long term, that is, when the tunnel has been completed and the scar mitigated by the passage of time, which they publish in their documentation for the Visitors Centre, or associated developments, and including illustrations of the various portals of the tunnel and of the approach cuts for it, and of the landscaping proposed in Stonehenge Bottom, all within the World Heritage Site. [HL3516]
§ Lord WhittyWe have no plans at this present time to ask English Heritage to produce illustrations of the Stonehenge landscape during the period of construction of the scheme. This element of work will be developed by the Highways Agency in consultation with English Heritage, the National Trust, English Nature and the Countryside Agency. The details of the tunnel portals, its approach cuttings and landscaping will all be established during that phase of the scheme. The intention will be to keep the impact of the construction work to an absolute minimum. Proposals will be included in the Environmental Statement that will be published to coincide with publication of the draft statutory orders.