Andy Sloan was involved in a proposal 13 years ago for a 350m tunnel to Bressay in Shetland, which was never built. He said Scotland could follow an example set by the Faroe Islands, where a ...

When Shetland Islands Council investigated the construction of a 1.2km tunnel between Bressay and the mainland in 2016, one of the lowest estimates put the cost at £17m. The Faroe Islands have ...

Their October 2023 report identified several key potential tunnel routes, including: Lerwick to Bressay Mainland Shetland to Whalsay Mainland Shetland to Yell Yell to Unst Advocates argue that ...

Now Councillors are proposing four tunnels be built: from the Mainland to Yell; Yell to Unst; Mainland to Whalsay; and Mainland to Bressay. Shetland is served by a ferry fleet, with the boats are ...

Under the proposals, three separate tunnels would connect Shetland mainland with Yell, Whalsay and Bressay, while a fourth would link Yell to Unst. The project would also see the introduction of ...

Shetland Islands Council has commissioned a study that will look at fixed links Plans to build a network of subsea tunnels in Shetland are “not fantasy” and may happen “relatively soon ...

There are currently no posts from this island. Isle of Bressay Just ten minutes by ferry lies the small island of Bressay and Noss. As Haswell-Smith writes: "Lerwick and Bressay are symbiotic.