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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
There is a much stronger business case for a fixed link to Vancouver Island, with its larger population. But both Van Island and Newfoundland Island face extreme engineering challenges (depth, mostly, but also distance) for a fixed link, with the latter also facing the huge challenges of microscopic population density along the access, and a multi-province jurisdiction.
http://www.economist.com/node/2254532
It will never happen, say I. The bridge to PEI is child's play next to some fixed link (bridge/tunnel or both) across the straight of Belle Isle. |
You're probably right - but I do think if there was a highway on Quebec's North Shore it'd be the most logical, affordable route. The last study we did on a fixed link showed it wasn't viable at that time, but not tremendously so. And that was without the North Shore route. We're doing another study right now, broke as we are, because there's a chance it could be cheaper than our status quo. Our ferry service to Labrador costs us more than PEI's bridge.
With a North Shore highway to replace the current route through the Maritimes, it'd almost have to be the best option. Almost everything consumed by 500,000 people would use the route. It would cut at least half a day off the trip for every single truck.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-tunnel-danny-dumaresque-1.3572582
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