UK Government remains "excited" by the potential to build a bridge or tunnel from Scotland to Northern Ireland despite public finances taking a hammering during the pandemic.Boris Johnson first expressed his support for the grand plan last year and later ordered civil servants to investigate whether it would be achievable to create a fixed link from Portpatrick to Larne.Critics have dismissed the proposal as a "vanity project" and claim the cost of bridging the 20 mile-long North Channel - a busy shipping lane known for rough seas - would be astronomical.The Scottish Government said it had not undertaken any feasibility studies on creating a fixed link to Ulster and had no plans to do so.There has been little talk of a bridge since.
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