The incredible £400m bridge that was supposed to link UK to pretty little island

By Max Parry, News Reporter

The span links the UK to a Welsh land (Image: Getty)

The Isle of Anglesey is recovered successful the north-west country of Wales, connected to the mainland by 2 bridges. The beauteous land draws tourists from astir the world, galore of whom marque the travel implicit the Mirai Strait to get there.

Such is the request for entree that plans were drawn up to physique a 3rd crossing to easiness congestion. The crossing was archetypal projected successful 2007 and would outgo an estimated £400m.

After toing and froing implicit the signifier the crossing would take, it was decided that a bridge would beryllium built, alternatively than a tunnel.

That determination came successful 2018 but conscionable 3 years aboriginal and the program had been paused by the Welsh government, citing clime concerns.

More than 42,000 radical usage the span (Image: Getty)

In February 2023, the Labour-run devolved authorities announced the full task would beryllium scrapped. As good arsenic biology worries, decision-makers baulked astatine the cost.

According to BritainRemade, advocating for the 3rd crossing, 42,300 radical usage the 2 bridges connected a regular basis.

"A caller crossing has been talked astir for years, but successful February, the Welsh Government announced that it was scrapping each large roadworthy projects", the radical said. "This is contempt their predictions that the fig of vehicles utilizing the crossing volition proceed to increase.

"We request the governments successful Cardiff and Westminster to enactment unneurotic and perpetrate to gathering a Third Menai Crossing."

The picturesque Isle of Anglesey (Image: Getty)

Welsh transport caput Ken Skates said successful March: "We person to guarantee that they bespeak the world of the clime exigency that we face.

"I privation Wales to beryllium astatine the forefront of plan and implementation of caller schemes."

"We haven't stopped gathering roads, but we bash request to woody with the criteria for caller roadworthy gathering schemes which states that you can't physique them if it leads to other capacity.

"That's caused trouble successful presumption of considering schemes, and interpretation."