Lord Adonis was Secretary of State for Transport from 2009 to 2010, and Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission from 2015 to 2017. He met recently with Pro-Link members to discuss the feasibility study.
Campaigners for a fixed link between the Isle of Wight and mainland have revealed the entry and exit points of the proposed 'Solent Freedom Tunnel'. OnTheWight has the maps and more detail.
Isle of Wight council leader, Jonathan Bacon, has written to the pro-fixed link campaign group to express his personal support for an independent feasibility study into a fixed link between the Isle of Wight and mainland Britain.
In the last two weeks pro-link campaigners have met with engineering undergraduate students from the University of Southampton, as well as presenting their case to tourism business owners at Visit Isle of Wight conference.
There's been a recent surge of interest in the discussion around a Fixed Link for the Isle of Wight. Here's the just-launched details of the solution that the team behind the Fixed Link Referendum Facebook page have come up with.
Potential light at the end of the tunnel for fixed link supporters as the man with the money says he'll look into options for a bridge or tunnel, but only if Islanders want it.
As well as those who are keen to push for a fixed link to the mainland, there are others who would rather seek to improve the ferry services than endorse a tunnel or bridge across the Solent. They urge others who feel the same to sign their ePetition.
The pro-campaign say they have the assurance from the Isle of Wight Conservative MP, Andrew Turner, that if enough Islanders are interested, a referendum on a fixed link could take place in 2015. He disputes giving his support to a referendum.