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A CHANNEL bridge plan, b adapted to the needs of trot and costing approximati £3.2bn, has been put forward the French Government Bouygues, a French constr tion and civil engineering co pany.
The bridge would cater fo two-way, three-lane highway, though it could easily be i justed to four lanes, and is bat on a traffic level of 20,( vehicles a'clay. A system of I charges would pay back the i tial outlay within ten yee according to company figures The 35km bridge would r from just north of Folkestone the northerly edge of Cap Gi Nez in France. There would 20 supports for the suspensi cabling, standing on artificial lands at spacings of betwe 1,500 and 2,000m.
Although the price of I bridge is three times that o. single tunnel, the company I lieves it would soon generato high turnover.