A Bridge too far? Scotland - Ireland Bridge proposals

[ttaskmaster]

Is Far in Scotland or Ireland ?

It's in Ireland, but it's spelt 'Fèanaoghàruiragh'... you only pronounce it as "Farr".

What would security checks be like on this bridge?

It's a bridge. Clear and easy funnel point. Plonk a checkpoint with a bunch of Paras posted there and you're all good.

 

[stockhausen]

There is plenty of cheap money kicking its heels in the market atm, so it is hardly a bad financing time for it.

Especially with the usual open-ended contract where the cost can increase daily

 

[robfosters]

It's in Ireland, but it's spelt 'Fèanaoghàruiragh'... you only pronounce it as "Farr".


It's a bridge. Clear and easy funnel point. Plonk a checkpoint with a bunch of Paras posted there and you're all good.

that sounds like a potential terrorism hotspot if you ask me.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Great idea. We need more projects like this that'll last for many generations after us. Provides jobs, future proofs the country. Sadly most projects in this country take forever and the costs spiral.

 

[MooMoo444]

I love the idea simply because driving along it would be enjoyable lol but doesn’t seem practical at all.

 

[Django x2]

This is spectacularly stupid. Are the Tories just coming up with lunatic policies for fun now?

Policy?

 

[Werewolf]

Right over Beaufort's dyke, what could possibly go wrong with this?

That is the exact comment my father made, and one I agree with.

For some reason I'm not exactly enamoured of the idea of a bridge that has it's foundations in an area that has something like a million and a half tons of unexploded (so far) munitions that had to be dumped because many of them were too unstable to be disposed of otherwise.

 

[wolfie138]

that sounds like a potential terrorism hotspot if you ask me.

why more so than far more iconic bridges such as Golden Gate, Brooklyn's, Tower Bridge etc etc?

 

[Bonjour]

If Boris designed a car, it would be the Canyonero.

 

[RxR]

Especially with the usual open-ended contract where the cost can increase daily

Sure, especially in construction. Its normal for unknown and sometimes practically unknowable factors (eg. weather, materials cost increases) to cause cost variations.

At least when some of the input costs are (eg funding prices) relatively cheaper, the cost of any blowout is more manageable. We can agree on that.

 

[FoxEye]

Sorry but who in the South is going to want to drive up to Scotland to get to NI? That's a bloomin long drive.

 

[RxR]

It is useful to ask the question slightly differently sometimes, at least as a prestep:

eg. If the cost was no obstacle, would you still build it?

I can see that's already being asked by others above.

 

[danlightbulb]

If they can build spectacularly long sea bridges in areas of middle east, china or japan then why cant we do it here?

im all for it.

 

[subbytna]

The Beaufort depth has all the unexploded WWII ordinance dumped in it. This is a non starter unless they clear that ordinance away first

 

[TJM]

Belfast/Larne to Cairnryan is used by less than two million people a year. Is there any reason to think that there is a lot of suppressed demand?

 

[robfosters]

The ferry from Liverpool is so expensive though. Over £400 return for a car and passenger last time I checked.

 

[Sankari]

Policy?

OK, proposal.

 

[FoxEye]

The ferry from Liverpool is so expensive though. Over £400 return for a car and passenger last time I checked.

Stick an outboard motor on your tow bar and inflate your tyres a bit more than usual?

 

[Yaayuh!]

If Boris designed a car, it would be the Canyonero.

Brilliant

 

[Deleted member 77746]

The money should be investing in businesses in the UK rather than building a bridge. Would be better spent.