28th April 2008
Plans revealed for bridge to France
Plans for a 16-mile bridge linking Jersey to France, which would also carry fibre optic cables and fuel pipes, as well as providing a platform for wind turbines were revealed in The Times on 28 April 2008. Commuters, which would pay a £25 toll to use the bridge, could move to France, the paper suggested, and benefit from lower house prices. The £1bn crossing, if it was ever built, would make landfall in Jersey at Seymour Tower.
The BBC reported that the man behind the bridge idea, former chair of Jersey’s Chamber of Commerce, Peter Walsh, had written to French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who had sent a positive letter in response.
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Other events that occured in April
French catamaran, St Malo, strikes rocks
- A rescue operation swung into action when Saint-Malo, a French-owned catamaran, struck La Frouquie rock off Jersey with 307 passengers aboard.
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Jersey benefactor Thomas Davis is born
- Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis was born in St Helier, and died, aged 75, in Durban, South Africa. He left behind a considerable fortune and a yacht once owned by the Kaiser.
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Civil partnerships are legalised
- It took civil partnerships almost three years to become legal in Jersey after they had been debated and approved by the States.
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First Muratti held at Springfield Stadium
- The first Muratti football match took place in 1905, at Jersey's Springfield Stadium. It has been played every year since during peacetime.
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