The tragedy of the Ribbon continues courtesy of the blinkered thinking, arrogance and lack of imagination of some of our local leaders. What a short term tourism opportunity missed, what a long term heritage squandered: all for a cul-de-sac to an under-used industrial estate which is in the wrong place for heavy transport links anyway.

Do you seriously think that thousands of tourists will arrive in the county to see the so-called Rotherwas Ribbon and, if they did, wouldn't you be first to be out there complaining...

Well said Sasha. I actually went to see the Ribbon and it was barely worth the effort to travel a couple of miles to have a look. It was as interesting as the average gravel path. I think most people are bored to death with the minority of people who are using this to make some sort of tired political point.

What is Stonehenge but a pile of old stones, lets knock it down and build a car-park shall we. Lets do the same to the rest of our outdated heritage. All those ruined castles are no good at all, just piles of useless stones after all. Lets tarmack over our entire heritage shall we. What use is an old building. If it's not modern lets tear it down.
That I presume is the attitude of sasha and G.Banks.
The preservation of the ribbon was backed but people all over the country as well as locals and although a few might have had polical motives most people wanted a unique find preserved. It was the archaeology they were concerned with. It may not have looked like much to you but it was to those who built it, your ancestors and maybe mine. What you saw was only part of a much bigger structure. What else could have been found out about the way our ancestors lived if archeologists had been allowed to study it more. And yes people would go to see it. An Iron age wooden trackway has been preserved in Ireland with a visitor centre nearby and people go to see that. Flag Fen is another popular attraction that started out when a ancient wooden trackway was discovered.
Flag Fen for instance has reconstructed round houses and has various events throughout the year that all have a prehistoric theme to them, it also has education facilities for schools. Instead of a road this monument could have been the basis of something similar. Local people would have been happier with a visitor centre than a a road to nowhere.