https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51443191
well it looks like its certainly at the assesment stage within the corridors of power,
will certainly be interesting to see what proposals they come up with, if any and the estimated costs that get banded around in the early stages.
Can the UK support another major infrastructure project like this especially with HS2 being given the green light?
the 2 proposals i've seen so far are
Torr Head to Mull of Kintyre, - not a chance imo as the infrastructure is shockingly poor and any savings would be gobbled up with the majorly prohibitive costs of building at least a dual carriageway out that way, That said would no doubt alleviate another major problem in that part of the world the constant landslides as the Rest and be thankful
the sensible option seems to be a link from Larne to Portpatrick which would tie in nicely with connections to both the A77 and A75
Although would still require a solid 60 miles of Dual carriageway to be constructed to the north along with upgrades to the existing dualled section of the A77 and i'd imagine some serious changes to the Kingston bridge and top of the M77/M8 Junction as part of an overall project with any increases in traffic volume
Heading east you would be looking at another 100 miles of work to upgrade the A75 to provide a decent dualled connection to the M74/M6 to fully utilise any new link
on the Larne side i'd imagine a straight conection onto the A8/M2 so on that side at least the approach work would be minimal
or if Boris wants to pee off Scotland how about a bridge from Dublin to Holyhead just to play devils advocate,
other option would be a tunnel for any of the above Larne to Portpatrick would actually be shorter than the Channel Tunnel............
well it looks like its certainly at the assesment stage within the corridors of power,
will certainly be interesting to see what proposals they come up with, if any and the estimated costs that get banded around in the early stages.
Can the UK support another major infrastructure project like this especially with HS2 being given the green light?
the 2 proposals i've seen so far are
Torr Head to Mull of Kintyre, - not a chance imo as the infrastructure is shockingly poor and any savings would be gobbled up with the majorly prohibitive costs of building at least a dual carriageway out that way, That said would no doubt alleviate another major problem in that part of the world the constant landslides as the Rest and be thankful
the sensible option seems to be a link from Larne to Portpatrick which would tie in nicely with connections to both the A77 and A75
Although would still require a solid 60 miles of Dual carriageway to be constructed to the north along with upgrades to the existing dualled section of the A77 and i'd imagine some serious changes to the Kingston bridge and top of the M77/M8 Junction as part of an overall project with any increases in traffic volume
Heading east you would be looking at another 100 miles of work to upgrade the A75 to provide a decent dualled connection to the M74/M6 to fully utilise any new link
on the Larne side i'd imagine a straight conection onto the A8/M2 so on that side at least the approach work would be minimal
or if Boris wants to pee off Scotland how about a bridge from Dublin to Holyhead just to play devils advocate,
other option would be a tunnel for any of the above Larne to Portpatrick would actually be shorter than the Channel Tunnel............
a lot more bang for buck
