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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.

Your Island Needs you - no to fixed link campaign poster

27, April 2015·1 min read

‘No Isle of Wight Fixed Link’ campaigners launch new Website

Campaigners go public with their primary reasons for opposing any fixed link project by launching a Website with their "reasoned argument, statistics and expert testimony".

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

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.

solent freedom tunnel

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.

Needles Isle of Wight from the Air

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.

Ferry

20, March 2015·1 min read

BBC couldn’t get to the Island to do live TV chat about fixed link – all the ferries were full!

Irony explosion: BBC planned to come to the Isle of Wight to do a live TV debate on South Today this evening, but, so the organisers tell us, the Beeb couldn't get a car ferry over as all three route full!

Long Bridge :

14, August 2013·1 min read

BBC ponder the likelihood of a ‘Bridge to the Isle of Wight’

The evidence for several 'blue sky thinking' projects is touched on by the BBC this week, including the much-debated issue of a bridge to the Isle of Wight.

bob seely

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.

28, March 2007·2 min read

Building Bridges: Fixed Link To The Island or Not?

Many thanks to ‘Bertie’, who sent through info regarding some new e-petitions relating to the Island. One is petitioning for...

Stewart Blackmore

28, January 2015·4 min read

Coverage of Labour Party election campaign launch

Follow the live updates from the launch of the Isle of Wight Labour Party election campaign.

Referendum ballot papers

1, December 2014·3 min read

Disappointment for fixed link campaigners as council say they can’t hold Referendum

Campaigners say they won't give up trying to find a way for a fixed link Referendum to be held on the Isle of Wight.

Vote graffiti

12, April 2017·1 min read

Fixed Link – Yes or No? – Ryde Academy students go to the polls

Ryde Academy was rich with debate and opinion during a week long referendum campaign on whether the Isle of Wight should have a fixed link or not.

the solent

3, March 2017·2 min read

Fixed Link campaigners form new commercial arm, taking it to next level

Founding members of the fixed link campaign have set up a new company to take the campaign to the next level. OnTheWight has the details.

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