Revised plans have been unveiled for a £1.6 billion A303 road upgrade scheme near Stonehenge.

Following a consultation earlier this year, Highways England has adjusted its proposals to improve the route between Amesbury and Berwick Down, which includes building a new 1.8-mile tunnel, a free-flowing dual carriageway and a new bypass north of Winterbourne Stoke.

The changes, which seek to further enhance the famous landscape and reconnect the two halves of the 6,500-acre World Heritage site, include;

• removing the previously proposed link between Byways 11 and 12 in the Stonehenge WHS to avoid affecting the setting of the Normanton Down barrow group and tranquillity of the site in this area

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• widening the green bridge proposed near the existing Longbarrow roundabout to improve the physical and visual connection between the northern and southern parts of the WHS

• moving the proposed modification of Rollestone crossroads to provide a more compact layout

Derek Parody, Highways England Project Director, said: "We had a great response to our earlier consultation and have acted on the feedback. We now want to get people's views on our proposed changes to our original consultation.

"The further feedback we get will allow us to make sure we have got the best scheme before we make our application later this year to build the scheme.

"Meanwhile we continue to work with heritage groups including Historic England, English Heritage, the National Trust, and experts in the field, including the Stonehenge Scientific Committee - a body of leading independent archaeologists - to ensure a new route is built sensitively to the World Heritage site."

For more information on the project or how to respond to the consultation, visit here.

(LM)