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Devil's Punch Bowl
Tunnel

The campaign to find a solution to overcome the traffic bottleneck at Hindhead by the Devil's Punch Bowl lasted for 30 years. In 2007 the battle was won and construction commenced to build a tunnel under Gibbet Hill. Here we give a tour of the construction site showing the extent of the workings in September 2007 and the efforts being made to limit the effects on the local wildlife.

The official naming as the 'Hindhead Improvement Scheme' seems to somewhat underplay the importance, complexity and scale of this £371 million project which involves rerouting a key stretch of the busy A3 London to Portsmouth road, excavating twin 1.1 mile (1.8km) long tunnels and constructing six junctions and underpasses over a 4 mile (6.5km) route.

The five-plus years of construction activity in this sensitive natural environment will end with a substantial payoff. The Devil's Punch Bowl and large areas of natural habitat in the hills around will be released from the noise and pollution of 21,000 vehicles a day. The people of Hindhead will no longer have to endure gridlock in their village and travellers to and from the coast will no longer have a major bottleneck to contend with. MORE >

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