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• Background
• Why a road improvement is proposed
• Choice of route
• Junction options
• Consultation arrangements
• Responses
• Analysis of the responses
• Partnering approach
• The views of the Highways Agency
• The decision of the secretary of state
• What happens next?
• Further information
• Map

A303 Stonehenge (incorporating the Winterbourne Stoke Bypass) Preferred Route Announcement June 1999

Analysis of the responses

Analysis of the responses showed the following:

• 269 out of 359 respondents (75%) expressed a view on the Winterbourne Stoke Bypass. 75% of the 269 supported the proposed route. A number of minor adjustments to the line were suggested particularly by affected land owners. The remaining respondents who expressed a view supported alternative routes, expressed no preference or opposed the bypass.
  
  
• 233 out of 359 respondents (65%) expressed a view on the Winterbourne Stoke junction options. From the 233 the response was as follows:
  
  

Option 1                                                                    48%

Option 2                                                                    33%

Option 3                                                                      9%

Did not support specific proposed option                   10%

• The suggestion was made that an eastern access for Winterbourne Stoke could be combined with the Longbarrow crossroads junction.
  
  
• 166 out of 359 respondents (46%) expressed a view on the Longbarrow crossroads junction. 74% of the 166 supported grade separation. The remaining respondents who expressed a view supported other junction types (including no change) or did not express a preference.
  
  
• 271 out of 359 respondents (75%) expressed a view on Countess roundabout. 71% of the 271 supported grade separation. The remaining respondents who expressed a view supported other solutions including signalisation or no change or did not express a preference.

Other comments expressed concerning the Trunk Road proposals included: l

• Opposition to the proposed cut and cover tunnel, either considering it unnecessary and a waste of money or considering that a longer bored tunnel should be built
  
  
• The scheme should be built as soon as possible
  
  
• Concern that the view of Stonehenge from the A303 would be lost
  
  
• Improvement of Countess roundabout should be part of the scheme