<Ul> <Li> A bridge from England to the Isle of Wight has been proposed a number of times, often due to the high cost of ferries to and from the island . The Isle of Wight Party - a political party active only in the Isle of Wight - was set up with the intention of campaigning for a fixed crossing . Critics have suggested that such a link may damage the ecology of the Isle of Wight, particularly the red squirrel population . Campaign group Pro-Link has put forward a number of plans to the Isle of Wight Infrastructure Task Force of the Isle of Wight council, including a £ 1.2 billion four mile long dual - carriageway tunnel in the Solent between Whippingham on the island and Gosport, Hants . The campaign group has proposed the project be initially run on a toll basis, but that it would have paid for itself after eighteen years . In 2017 Abel Connections Ltd released their plans for the project, "to create a new north - south axis through the centre of the Solent region by constructing a tunnel from the M27 east of junction 9 to the Whippingham roundabout on the Isle of Wight, with an additional access intersection' cut and cover' portal near the mainland coast between Browndown and Meon ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> A bridge from England to the Isle of Wight has been proposed a number of times, often due to the high cost of ferries to and from the island . The Isle of Wight Party - a political party active only in the Isle of Wight - was set up with the intention of campaigning for a fixed crossing . Critics have suggested that such a link may damage the ecology of the Isle of Wight, particularly the red squirrel population . Campaign group Pro-Link has put forward a number of plans to the Isle of Wight Infrastructure Task Force of the Isle of Wight council, including a £ 1.2 billion four mile long dual - carriageway tunnel in the Solent between Whippingham on the island and Gosport, Hants . The campaign group has proposed the project be initially run on a toll basis, but that it would have paid for itself after eighteen years . In 2017 Abel Connections Ltd released their plans for the project, "to create a new north - south axis through the centre of the Solent region by constructing a tunnel from the M27 east of junction 9 to the Whippingham roundabout on the Isle of Wight, with an additional access intersection' cut and cover' portal near the mainland coast between Browndown and Meon ." </Li> <Ul> <Li> In 2008 the Liverpool Echo ran an article suggesting the construction of a 75 mile bridge to the Isle of Man from Liverpool . Despite the proposal being nothing more than an April Fools joke, the bridge was included in an engineering text book called the "Handbook of International Bridge Engineering" in its 2017 print . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In 2008 the Liverpool Echo ran an article suggesting the construction of a 75 mile bridge to the Isle of Man from Liverpool . Despite the proposal being nothing more than an April Fools joke, the bridge was included in an engineering text book called the "Handbook of International Bridge Engineering" in its 2017 print . </Li>

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