I think this is a great idea - if Denmark and Sweden can have a bridge between 2 countries why can't we have a bridge within the UK?
@CatharineHoeyhttps://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2019/09/bridge-between-scotland-and-northern-ireland-what-would-it-be …
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I think it's a bad idea :) A Grand Union tidal barrage across the Solway Firth though, enough for 5m people, I'd back that. For the North Channel, electric planes between Prestwick and Belfast.
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Best solution, by far, is to build an Archimedes Tunnel. Personally, I'd run it Mull of Kintyre to Torr Head. That would open up Argyll coast for development and would make a car journey of Belfast to Glasgow about 2hrs, or less: it's this that would grow economic development.
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Entirely personal - I hate tunnels! I get nervous when the traffic stops in the Clyde tunnel!
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I take your point, but few would fancy a 26 mile long bridge during a winter storm. The tunnel idea really isn't a big problem: they do it already for Eurotunnel. If I were commissioning such a link, there would probably be 3 tubes with a mix of road and rail traffic provision.
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Good job there's no terrorists in Ireland
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Again, a valid point but NI deserves all the infrastructure development the UK can muster. A project like this has potential to truly open the province to more prosperity. That has to be worth the cost alone. And just think, we can charge a toll for all cars with Eire plates!
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Money best spent locally within Ulster. Start with funding a motorway from Londonderry down to Dundalk. Boost the economy west of Bann Electric airroutes from Enniskillen and Londonderry to Liverpool and Glasgow. Fixed link megaprojects are not suited to low population centres.
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I don't see it as an either or. Fixed links are a foundational and essential part of the development. If I'm an electrician in Ulster, a half hour bridge crossing means I can bid for contacts across an area in mainland UK that contains c3M to 4M new customers. Game changing!
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