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Solent Tunnel

The Fixed Link Tunnel campaign group, Pro-Link, has been campaigning for a feasibility study into the proposal for the Solent Tunnel – a fixed link between the Isle of Wight and Mainland – since 2014.

Run by Carl Feeny, Kevin Price and Tim Cooper, Able Connections Ltd has been set up as a body with which to communicate professionally with those in the transport industry.

Below are articles mentioning the fixed link debate, Solent Tunnel and Able Communications Ltd.

Artists impression of the Solent Freedom Tunnel portal at Whippingham, IOW.

14, September 2020·3 min read

Solent Tunnel Viability Study: A review of progress so far and what’s next

News OnTheWight has been in touch with those behind the campaign to understand the progress they’ve made so far and what they’re doing next

13, September 2019·2 min read

Pro-Link supporters meet with Lord Adonis to discuss funding for Solent Tunnel feasibility study

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.

2, October 2018·2 min read

£4,000+ donated to Isle of Wight fixed link ‘viability study’ appeal (updated)

Pro-link campaigners say they have exhausted all other options of funding the viability study to build a fixed link tunnel to the mainland. They're now asking members of the public to contribute to a £130,000 fundraising appeal.

25, September 2018·1 min read

Anti-fixed link campaigners say Solent Tunnel plans ‘flawed’

Those opposed to the idea of a fixed link from the Isle of Wight to the mainland respond to the publication of new entry and exit routes for the proposed Tunnel.

solent tunnel -Closer detail of M27 to intersection portal location at Daedalus Enterprise Zone

21, September 2018·3 min read

Tunnel to the Isle of Wight: Proposed entry & exit locations and costs revealed

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.

6, November 2017·1 min read

Mainland portals for Solent Tunnel under discussion

Those behind the Solent Tunnel project say they'll be meeting with mainland authorities over the next two months to 'hopefully confirm' preferred fixed link portal location.

24, October 2017·1 min read

Bob Seely MP makes his views on a fixed link very clear (updated)

If you've wondered what the Isle of Wight MP thinks of the idea of a fixed link to the mainland, OnTheWight has the answer.

5, September 2017·2 min read

‘Fury’ of Mainland councillors over lack of consultation on fixed link proposals

Mainland councillors have expressed 'fury' at proposals for a Solent Tunnel and they say, the lack of consultation with them. Those responsible for the plans say councillors are "difficult to pin down" and blame Mainland council transport officers for not passing on details.

26, July 2017·5 min read

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