Stonehenge tunnel plan officially scrapped after years of protests

The proposed tunnel’s costs, including the planning expenses, have already reached £179.2m. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A controversial plan to build a tunnel under the Stonehenge site has been officially cancelled after millions were spent on the doomed project.

Campaigners have been fighting proposals to dig a tunnel for cars under the location of the world heritage site since the idea was first proposed in 1994.