£6 billion to get to Lancashire?

[julianm]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34964253
Surely that`s just crazy?

[velocemitch]

Pretty sure the railway navvies built a couple of those.

Can't see the point really, that's the fastest bit of the road, it's the mess at either end which slows it all up.

[MitchT]

Mmmm ... tunnel run

[Stickyfinger]

Tunnel run ??.....Average Speed camera set at 50mph......enjoy

[john mowbray]

Is Lancashire worth £6 billion?

[Duke147]

It's to let the poor sods on the wrong side of the Pennines escape to Yorkshire. Cheap at double the price, for them.

[Sportidge]

How long before the Yorkshire end gets bricked up to stop those pesky Lancastrians from coming over here and breathing our air

[Never you mind]

We need this sign.

[Hammond1073]

You're only panicking because the last time the Lancastrians came over we kicked your arse!!,!

[Wills2]

There is no way anyone will spend £6 billion linking Sheffield to Manchester, laughable really, they couldn't even complete the Aire valley trunk road and link it up with the M65.

Transport policy is a joke in the North of England.