Boring Dave said: “Doesn’t seem a bad idea. Conservation area would soon recover, and it would be a much better method of power generation than wind or solar, generating most of the day. And some of these engineering projects are marvellous to see.”

Blueandred said: “This should have been done years ago.”

Johnny Gee said: “Not this again! What happened to the lagoon proposal- that seemed more doable than this fanciful fantasy; the technology is there but nothing like the will from Westminster. I think Parliament got hoodwinked when a huge bridge from Hull to nowheresville was built over the Humber and they have never trusted the north since. I also think our MP should complete his Dove Ford bypass project that he brought the dynamic Chris Grayling to champion a good while back now.”

Conno57 said: “Looks like there's no mention the amount of accidents on the A590 this would be saving every year seems birds are more important to some people.”

Argonaut2 said: “You think Barrow has a drug problem now, second road in would only multiply it....”

Railway end said: “Build a less expansive one linking Askam to Millom and experiment with the tidal energy there. Could make it a toll road and the Millomites in the shipyard and Sellafield workers round here would pay daily to use it.” Opel said: “This is the towns bread and butter Mr Fell, don’t knock it, you have only been in the job two minutes.”

Robin Jameson said: “He isn’t knocking it, he’s simply saying that it’s time to look at Barrow not being so dependent on ONE large-scale employer. Too many eggs in one basket by solely relying on BAE for mass-employment.”

Yocal yocal said: “No one cares about a handful of frogs and a few birds. Surely shorter journey producing less pollution outweighs the loss.”