Patrick Sturtivant

In the circumstances it is my statutory duty to report those concerns to you_ (1) At the end of the Inquest heard live evidence from who had prepared helpful Traffic Management and Road Safety Assessment: have enclosed copy of that report with this letter as it includes helpful diagrams maps to help explain the issue_ He gave evidence having visited the scene that indications of activity on Byway 11 would appear to be limited to the area in the immediate vicinity of the A303 itself used by the public as a car park Or a stopping point so as to enable the occupants of vehicles_ as indeed was the case with Pat and his passenger, to get a better view of the Stonehenge Monument lying to the north of the A303. Clearly the public are using this area in this manner and am therefore concerned that there is a risk of future deaths occurring in similar circumstances if action is not taken: It was not opinion that the rest of Byway 11 was being actively and frequently used as a green lane. Byway 11's current designation is as a BOAT (Byway Open to All Traffic). In Highway Law the right of the public to use such a right of way is pass and repass along it. The right does not extend in the absence of an emergency to parking: explained that discussions have taken place with the owner of the land, The National Trust and also with Wiltshire Council Rights of Way Department and their Jegal team with a view to possible closing of the _terminal 600 metre section of Byway Wiltshire & Swindon Coroner's Office, 26 Endless Street; Salisbury; Wiltshire, SP1 1DP Tel 01722 438900 Fax 01722 332223 The point having and being laying immediately south of the A303 and the Stonehenge Monument, downgrading Byway down to Bridleway and then diverting the bridleway along current permissive path on National Trust Property so that the diverted Right of will then join Byway 12 approximately 400 metres south of the A303. The explanation and a plan are found on the final page ofb Report. can entirely see the logic of this proposal and fully support the proposal as a means of addressing my concern relative to the area at the northernmost point of Byway 11. Such modification would this area being used as a car park SO as to facilitate free viewing access to the Stonehenge Monument: (2) Even if the above proposal is adopted in CO-operation with the National Trust and Wiltshire Council have however a further concern that in my view it is reasonably foreseeable that the problem currently associated with the area adjacent to the point at which Byway 11 the A303 will move approximately 390 metres west to the point at which Byway 12 connects to the A303. know the area well and can just see the problem shifting to this particular location and that concerns me from the point of view of the prevention of future deaths as if not addressed at this point could again lead to another fatality occurring in similar circumstances following the closure of Byway heard evidence from that Byway 12 is actively used as a green lane and am fully aware that any modification to Byway 12 due to its use as connecting green lane between the A303 and the A380 is likely to be highly controversial and political but that does not remove the concern that have that there in my view is reasonably foreseeable risk in the future if the terminal end of Byway 11 is closed: It is with this in mind and having considered the matter further after the inquest that have included in the list of recipients of this Regulation 28 Report; The Department of Transport and English Heritage. The reason for this is of course last year the issue of the A303 generally in this area, following the closure of the A344, has prompted a review of the highway infrastructure in this area from the of view of diverting the A303 or indeed as regards the funding of a tunnel through which the A303 would pass underground in the vicinity of the Stonehenge Monument and would therefore like my concerns relative to the issues raised in this report relative Byway 11 and Byway 12 south of the A303 to be taken into consideration: