Boris Johnson is deadly serious about building a £20 billion bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, which one engineer described as being 'as feasible as building a bridge to the moon'

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• Boris Johnson is pushing ahead with plans for a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
• The bridge is reportedly set to be constructed across the largest munitions dump in the world.
• One retired offshore engineer described the project as being "as feasible as building a bridge to the moon" adding that "no sane... government" would attempt it.
• Sources inside Downing Street confirmed to Business Insider that Johnson remains personally committed to the project despite doubts about its viability.
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Boris Johnson is deadly serious about building a bridge connecting Scotland with Northern Ireland, and is preparing to give the project the green light.

The prime minister has previously said a bridge connecting the two countries across the North Channel would be a "very good" idea, despite warnings about cost as well as unexploded bombs in the sea dropped after World War Two.

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