{"id":2603,"date":"2011-04-12T14:55:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2011-04-12T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:55:08","slug":"stonehenge-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2603","title":{"rendered":"Stonehenge developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Plans to improve the setting of Stonehenge which include the removal of the current visitor facilities are back on track following a Government initiative to help English Heritage secure a funding mix to achieve the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a move to cut red tape, Heritage Minister John Penrose has confirmed that English Heritage will be allowed to access \u00a32m of historic reserves raised from philanthropic sources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a separate development, Roads Minister Mike Penning has agreed funding of around \u00a33.5m for improvements to Highways Agency roads close to Stonehenge, subject to the completion of statutory processes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He has also confirmed the go-ahead of the Stonehenge improvements. This will provide increased capacity on a key roundabout near the site of the new visitor centre.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simon Thurley chief executive of English Heritage said: \u2018These are crucial steps which bring closer the transformation of the currently blighted Stonehenge landscape. We now need to secure the last permissions and raise the final elements of funding. I am confident that we will be able to do both in time to start work next year.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Search Planning Portal: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2011\/apr11\/7apr11\/070411_6\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2011\/apr11\/7apr11\/070411_6\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to improve the setting of Stonehenge which include the removal of the current visitor facilities are back on track following a Government initiative to help English Heritage secure a funding mix to achieve the project. In a move to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2603\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603\/revisions\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}