and then came Boris.
" The prospect of creating a tunnel between Northern Ireland and Scotland was raised several times in the 1960s, newly declassified files have revealed....
Project or alternative of a £209bn tunnel would be vastly expensive and fraught with complexities, study says.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/26/johnson-plan-irish-sea-bridge-tunnel-rejected-official-study-expensive
'A review is expected this week to conclude the PM's long-held dream is too technically difficult'.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-ditches-20bn-tunnel-25510518
Boris Johnson has not yet written off the project though. He said that the proposed link would only happen after HS2 is completed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/23/boris-johnson-admits-tunnel-northern-ireland-not-immediate-ambition/
Boris Johnson’s tunnel between Northern Ireland and Scotland nixed by Treasury
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/thenorth/boris-johnson-tunnel-northern-ireland-scotland-nixed
PM reluctantly accepts that his pet project of a new link across the Irish Sea to boost the Union and trade will not go ahead
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/14/boriss-burrow-tunnel-northern-ireland-ditched-100bn-price-tag/
It gives a good summary of possible fixed-link points between Ireland and Scotland/Wales.
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/northern-ireland-scotland-bridge-project-cmd/index.html
The UK Government has confirmed that “high level discussions” are taking place about an underwater tunnel between Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland capital...
UK government confirms that a fixed link between Wales and the Republic of Ireland is being formally considered, though only as a “comparator” to the one proposed between Scotland and Northern...
From NCE;
A proposal for a combined bridge and tunnel crossing between Dublin and Holyhead, including two new Irish Sea islands, has been suggested as an alternative to plans for a Scotland to Northern Ireland link.
not unlike the Oresund...
Should you change the name of the group to "Britain - Ireland Fixed Link"?
https://www.irishpost.com/news/british-government-discussing-plans-for-tunnel-linking-ireland-and-wales-213325
I don't know what the Tories are sniffing. They are getting high. Now it is Wales - Ireland tunnel!
"The UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is considering a 50-mile tunnel between Wales and Ireland, he has revealed in an...
Germany's state news agency Deutsche Welle featured the Irish-British tunnel:
Tunnel from Northern Ireland to Scotland considered despite massive doubts
"Many have dismissed the idea of a tunnel linking Britain with...
"An independent review on connectivity across the United Kingdom is now expected “to say that civil servants should formally appraise the plans for ‘a fixed link’ between the two islands, most probably between Stranraer in...
The feasibility of connecting multiple Irish Sea road tunnels with a roundabout beneath the Isle of Man has been played down by leading tunnelling expert Bill...