Bridge could provide a new French connection

Saturday 12th April 2008, 12:00AM BST.

A PROPOSAL to build a bridge from Jersey to France has been floated by former Jersey Chamber of Commerce president Peter Walsh.

And the office of new French Premier Nicolas Sarkozy has advised him to pursue the idea with the country’s environment and economic development ministries.

Mr Walsh believes that a 16-mile bridge could be built between the Island and Normandy at an estimated cost of about £1 billion.

And he contends that not only would a bridge prove economically viable but it would reduce the need for future population growth and wipe out projected ฃ140 million States budget deficits by 2035.

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