BUILDING a power-generating bridge across Morecambe Bay is a "viable" option that Cumbria County Council is to pursue with the Government, reports Justin Hawkins.
CCC cabinet this week agreed to lobby Westminster to fund a feasibility study into building a 12-mile Bay crossing from Heysham to Rampside.
Lawson Short, portfolio holder for environmental issues, told this week's cabinet meeting: "The main thrust is that it would provide renewable energy.
"The thought of using it as a bridge is a kind of addition it is not the main point of the project."
He said the idea of a Bay bridge had been around since the 1960s, but new technology had now made it "viable".
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