18 months have passed since the decision on whether or not to include Stonehenge on the Unesco list of World Heritage in Danger.
A draft decision supporting threatened sites was published last month by the World Heritage Committee (WHC) to include the ancient Wiltshire monument on the list.
Proposition to fabricate another passage near the landmark have started extensive fights in court over worries it will obliterate the close by scene and archeological.
However, the committee deferred a decision until December 2025 at a meeting on Wednesday in New Delhi.
The committee approved a change to the draft decision that stated that the effects of the tunnel construction should not prevent the monument from being included on the list.
Britain’s plans to mitigate the tunnel’s impact on the site and the surrounding landscape, according to the Kenya delegation’s amendment, are sufficient.
“Highly damaging”
Stonehenge Alliance, a campaign group, said it was “shocked” by the vote and called the amendment “highly damaging and inaccurate.”
The gathering approached the new Work government to move away from what it called “political maneuverings” at the New Delhi meeting.
The alliance’s chairman, John Adams, stated: Because this decision will not stop the damage to the World Heritage Site, this is a dark day for Stonehenge and a hollow victory for the UK government.
Stonehenge is “one of our oldest and most celebrated sites,” according to a government spokesperson, who added that the government was “passionately concerned about the UK’s heritage.”
They went on to state, “We welcome the committee’s decision not to place Stonehenge on the list of World Heritage in Danger.”
Stonehenge was based on the level terrains of Salisbury Plain in southern Britain in stages, beginning a long time back, with the stone circle raised in around 2,500 BC.
The site, with Avebury, was proclaimed by Unesco to be a world legacy site of exceptional widespread worth in 1986.
In February, Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site lost a challenge in the High Court regarding the government’s support for the project.
Drivers traveling to and from the South West during peak holiday periods frequently find themselves stuck in long lines on the single-carriageway stretch near the stones, making the A303 a major source of traffic congestion.
According to National Highways, the tunnel plan would shorten travel times and eliminate traffic noise and sight.