Stonehenge Visitor Centre project in doubt

by Simon at 22:06 17/06/10 (Blogs::Simon)

The announcement today that the new Govt has withdrawn the funding promised by its predecessor is extremely disappointing.

I can't understand it - Stonehenge desperately needs to have the visitor experience improved, and the new visitor centre project was specifically designed to be extremely cost-effective while achieving that aim, especially when compared to previous attempts over the last many decades.

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£10m (the figure promised by Ben Bradshaw, the previous Labour Secretary of State for DCMS in October 2009) is the balance of the £25m project costs when money by other sources has been taken into account.

Where are all the modern day Cecil Chubb-style philanthropists when you need them?

Immortality awaits the one who's prepared to stick their hand in their pocket and rescue this project immediately.
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simon

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