tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6831870736503845484..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Under the sea to SkyeJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1645521176723183132007-02-20T10:54:00.000+00:002007-02-20T10:54:00.000+00:00Actually NO tunnel routes have been proposed at al...Actually NO tunnel routes have been proposed at all, be they from Stornoway (which would be a daft place, as it would be a longer "tunnel to nowhere") or anywhere else. The Independent, Mail and ADB are all wrong.<BR/><BR/>I live on Berneray, which would be *likely* to be in the region of any tunnel as the shortest points between the Hebrides and mainland are in NE North Uist and SE Harris. It's feasible - the Norwegians can do it - and, if they did it, surprisingly cheap:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.silversprite.com/?p=238" REL="nofollow">http://www.silversprite.com/?p=238</A><BR/><BR/>However, I fear that the bureaucrats here would try and fund it under a PPP scheme, then mess up the tendering process, then be held hostage to dodgy contracts, and instead of costing 115 million if the Norwegians did it, the cost would indeed run into billions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-67170816176905721492007-02-19T21:33:00.000+00:002007-02-19T21:33:00.000+00:00The Independent is crassly inaccurate. The tunnels...The Independent is crassly inaccurate. The tunnels which were proposed to run to the Western Isles would be either from Dunvegan (Skye) to North Uist, or from the Trotternish Peninsula (Skye) to Rodel, Harris. A tunnel to Ullapool has NEVER been mentioned. <BR/>Oh, I live in StornowayADBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.com