Boris Johnson s plan to build a bridge or a tunnel connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland has been slammed by critics as a fantasy .
The Prime Minister has launched an official review to look at how to improve Union transport connectivity, with a fixed Irish Sea link the headline proposal.
The PM has allocated £20million to develop plans for upgraded rail, road, sea and air links across the UK.
But his political opponents have suggested that pursuing the vanity project bridge or tunnel is a waste of money and that the cash should be spent on improving existing creaking infrastructure.
The proposed link between Northern Ireland and Scotland is the latest in a long line of major infrastructure projects that Mr Johnson has attached his name to.
Plans involve not one, but three tunnels under the Irish Sea connecting in an “underground roundabout” beneath the Isle of Man. According to The Times,
Johnson has already ordered a feasibility study into a 25-mile crossing between Larne in Ireland and Stanraer in Scotland, with Network Rail chair Peter