When the Evidence Comes to You: What a New Climate Report Means for the Strangford Lough Crossing 1 April 2026 There are moments in any long campaign when the external world catches up with arguments you have been making quietly for years. This is one of those moments. Our climate knows no borders. On 1 […]
War, Oil and a Ferry: Why a Constrained Budget Makes the Case for a Strangford Crossing Stronger, Not Weaker. . Ards and North Down has said yes. Newry, Mourne and Down is next. The Department for Infrastructure has still not commissioned a single independent study. “If they don’t find a way of working better together, […]
Why the Strangford Lough Crossing Is Now a Matter of Public Resilience After sixty years of proposals, rejections and inaction, the case for a permanent fixed crossing at Strangford has never been stronger — or more urgent. Most of the public conversation about the Strangford Lough Crossing has focused on economics, healthcare access, and community […]
England’s New Road Plan: What It Means For Northern Ireland (Status: Neutral–Slightly Positive) What RIS3 Is – And Why NI Should Care The UK Government’s Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3) sets out over £27 billion of spending on England’s motorways and major A‑roads from 2026–2031. It does not fund roads in Northern Ireland (those are […]
Northern Ireland’s planning system is widely viewed as underperforming, with statutory consultees a major pinch‑point, but delays and “crisis” symptoms arise from several interacting structural and cultural problems rather than one villain. 1. What “crisis” looks like Key symptoms repeatedly flagged in formal reviews and political debate include: That “crisis” narrative is reinforced by the […]
Northern Ireland has spent more than a century shovelling public money into “saving” individual industrial names – from shipyards to shiny new tech funds – while leaving some of its most hard‑pressed communities stuck with 19th‑century connectivity. The Strangford Lough Crossing (SLC) offers a completely different kind of investment: not another bailout, but a piece […]
Sixty-Six Years of Excuses: A Letter to Those Who Had Their Chance For sixty-six years, every proposal for a permanent crossing at Strangford Lough has met the same answer: too costly, no demand, not now. Twelve schemes. Twelve rejections. The reasons shifted with each decade. The conclusion never did. The record is now documented. Freedom […]
The unique selling point of the Strangford Lough Crossing (SLC) is that it is not just “a bridge”, but Europe’s first climate‑positive heritage crossing: a fixed link in one of the most protected marine landscapes in Europe whose very permission is tied to cutting carbon, restoring nature and helping coastal communities to thrive again – […]
Strangford Lough Crossing: Comparing All Five Options An independent assessment of the crossing options — and what the evidence says The debate around a permanent crossing of Strangford Lough is often reduced to a single question: bridge or no bridge? In reality, five distinct options exist. Each has been assessed on capital cost, journey time, […]
A succesful and important meeting with Chris Hazzard MP. Next steps ! Updated: Last Friday, 13 March 2026, the campaign met with Chris Hazzard MP, Member of Parliament for South Down, to present the case for an independent feasibility study into the Strangford Lough Crossing. We are grateful to Chris for agreeing to give us […]