Been a bit busy lately, but here is the idea which won't die back again. To be fair, it is a good idea - but oh my, the costs
Shetland backs 'transformative' £1.5bn plan to replace ferries with tunnels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgl1egyl79o
6 Comments
56_@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 64d
I don't entirely see the point of living on an island if you can just drive off it any time. (As someone who lives on an island).
Olap@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 64d
Ah, this was something that Skye lost too when it was connected. And locals still moan about it today, and with good reason. Driving on Skye is hellish. I think connecting an archipelago a bit different however. Shetland is hardly inundated as it stands today
56_@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 64d
I live on one of the smaller Orkney islands, and the difficulty of getting here filters out many types of tourists found on Mainland (notably those with vehicles). Shetland is a little harder to get to than Orkney though.
Olap@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 64d
Some more tourists would be good for Hoy or Westray I'd think. Must be a bit too insular sometimes?
Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 63d
I suppose in this case it'd be like making two islands into one bigger island? There's certainly not about to be a tunnel from Mainland, Shetland to mainland Scotland
Skua@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 63d
This seems to have been a successful project in the Faroes so I am cautiously optimistic, but I am quite concerned by how even our initial plans seem to be several times more expensive