"Some environmentalists and archaeologists had voiced their opposition to the plan due to its potential impact on the area.
Tom Holland, from the Stonehenge Alliance, said the scheme was "a £2 billion white elephant" and called the decision "shocking and shameful".
"The decision to inject a great gash of tarmac and concrete into Britain's most precious prehistoric landscape is one that ranks simultaneously as spendthrift and sacrilegious," he said.
"This has huge implications not just for Britain, but for the entire world. What's to stop people at Giza (site of the pyramids), or in Rwanda getting rid of gorillas because they're in the way of mining developments?."
Cas Smith, a druid and anti-tunnel campaigner, said it was a "complete violation".
"You wouldn't dream of pushing a bore tunnel next door to Salisbury Cathedral, so why Stonehenge," she said."
Source: Stonehenge A303 tunnel plan approved by transport secretary - BBC News
Christians won, get over it druids!
Tom Holland, from the Stonehenge Alliance, said the scheme was "a £2 billion white elephant" and called the decision "shocking and shameful".
"The decision to inject a great gash of tarmac and concrete into Britain's most precious prehistoric landscape is one that ranks simultaneously as spendthrift and sacrilegious," he said.
"This has huge implications not just for Britain, but for the entire world. What's to stop people at Giza (site of the pyramids), or in Rwanda getting rid of gorillas because they're in the way of mining developments?."
Cas Smith, a druid and anti-tunnel campaigner, said it was a "complete violation".
"You wouldn't dream of pushing a bore tunnel next door to Salisbury Cathedral, so why Stonehenge," she said."
Source: Stonehenge A303 tunnel plan approved by transport secretary - BBC News
Christians won, get over it druids!
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