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Could tunnels fix our ferry problems?

Martin Geissler and guests discuss plans to build undersea tunnels linking some of the Shetland islands and ask whether they could replace Scotland’s ferry network.

Shetland’s islands could soon be connected by undersea tunnel after councillors backed the initial plans to replace ageing ferries and link Shetland’s mainland to Yell and Yell to Unst.

Martin Geissler speaks to Andy Sloan, executive vice president at engineering firm COWI, and the BBC’s David Henderson about whether tunnels are a viable alternative to Scotland’s whole ferry network.

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