Plans to construct a £1.7 billion road tunnel near Stonehenge have been approved, the Department for Transport said.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) to construct the two-mile passage near the English heritage site on the A303 in Wiltshire.
A DCO previously issued for the project was quashed by the High Court in July 2021 amid concern about the environmental impact on the Unesco World Heritage Site.
Highways England hopes the tunnel will ease traffic and reduce journey times on the A303, which runs from South West England to London.
More follows on this breaking news story….