stonehenge solution

At last one of the roads which deface the Stonehenge site is to be closed permanently. The picture above shows the road concerned, which is the one on the left in the picture. Yet the A303, on the right, will still pass far too close to the site.

A couple of questions - if the A344 is to close where are the parking facilities going to be? And, more importantly, how are people going to reach the site?

The solution is so simple iit's ridiculous. Create a park and ride in Amesbury and link to Stonehenge by tram. A fleet of shuttle trams (perhaps 5 or 6) could easily handle the one million visitors a year. There could be excellent facilities built at the Amesbury end - food, souvenirs etc, but also visitors should be encouraged to visit the town itself, spending money and supporting local businesses.

Now what the government and local authorities should do is buy the right of way then offer the build to a local consortium or local company to build and operate the route. I find it hard to believe that this isn't already happening as without the trams surely there will still be cars and buses approaching the site?

And whilst they are at it why not rebuild the Amesbury branch so that people can come all the way by train and tram via Salisbury? It's going to have to happen eventually so why not get ahead of the pack and get building now?