There is a European Union justification for a fixed link from Ulster to Scotland
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The European Union defines Cork to Dublin to Belfast to Stranraer as one of the top 10 of Trans-European networks.
This certainly implies a fixed link and reinstatement of the Dumfries to Stranraer line.
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Such a facility would inter-join the UK and create a bigger UK logistics sector including a marshalling yard in Belfast area.
And in European terms it would be as strategic as the Oresund Bridge Gotthard and Brenner Base Tunnels.
On these grounds a case for EU support and buy in.
John Barstow, Pulborough, West Sussex