After the Chunnel….the Bridge?
Local Jersey resident Peter Walsh has launched a campaign to build a bridge between Jersey and France.
He has already sounded out local civil servants on the island and has written to French President Nicolas Sarkozy asking for his support.
Previous ideas concerning a bridge between Jersey and France have been dismissed as impractical but Mr Walsh feels that the Oresund Bridge and others like it linking Denmark and Sweden have proven that such a bridge can pay its way through tolls in 25 years.
Mr Walsh argues that the link would allow Jersey to expand its economy without creating local housing problems and there would also be huge savings on freight.
He also proposes green benefits with tidal electricity turbines attached to the piers of the bridge allowing the island to generate its own electricity.