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No.10 resurrects Scotland-Ireland bridge plan

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  1. This project was some time ago considered not feasible due to depth and location?

  2. Sirs,
    Please can we, as professionals in the built environment, please not quote costs in the way this article does – “could cost around £20bn” is an unattributed statement and has been widely contested as unrealistic by the industry. Yet it has appeared in your article and will now be used as ‘evidence’ of the cost when the bridge is debated by our political masters.
    Personally I guess the cost at £40-60bn, but the only basis for that is gut feel. Add on the approach roads/rail through to Lockerbie, plus whatever is needed in NI. Again, though, it is just an assertion. Hopefully there is someone in the industry with actual experience who could give the nation a more realistic guide?

  3. How about looking into a tunnel eg the type being proposed in the USA where pods are used as form of trams post rather than trains . Surly this would enable speed of transfer and also be a first for uk.. personally I would think this would be a better option that HS2 bit that won’t happen..

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