Possible New Link between Harris and Uist
Thursday, February 01 2007
BBC reports that the tide is turning for the new roadway between Harris and Uist over the five-mile Sound of Harris.
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Councillors in the Outer Hebrides are asking local people if they want a fixed link across the Sound of Harris ... five miles (nine kms) of water that separate Berneray and the Uist to the south from Harris and Lewis to the north. It is estimated it would cost about £150m to complete the roadway, and associated green energy projects.
Councillors in the Outer Hebrides are asking local people if they want a fixed link across the Sound of Harris ... five miles (nine kms) of water that separate Berneray and the Uist to the south from Harris and Lewis to the north. It is estimated it would cost about £150m to complete the roadway, and associated green energy projects.
If this project will start it will be no earlier than 2017 because of extensive consultations and research. But when the link is ready it will be possible to drive all the way by car from the butt of Lewis in the north of the Outer Hebrides to Eriskay in the south making the Western Isles one economical and social unit.
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