FROM futuristic monorails to underwater tunnels reaching far-off islands, Scotland has never been short of ambitious transport plans to bring the country closer together - even if many never make it off the drawing board
http://www.scotsman....k-off-1-4137347
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In 2005, the islands’ local authority investigated whether a fixed link was possible. Research suggested a sub-sea tunnel between South Ronaldsay in Orkney and a point close to John o’ Groats would cost at least £150 million.
Boy, that's bargain price for a ten-mile tunnel. Maybe the Scots could teach New York and New Jersey something about rail tunnel construction, thereby saving U. S. Taxpayers a few billion dollars planned for the Gateway project.
Sloan