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Improve Road Links in 'Urgent Need' to Cairnryan's Flagging Northern Ireland Ferry Port
A re-opened rail line and new dual carriageways to improve links to Scotland’s flagging ferry gateway to Northern Ireland are to be considered by ministers.
As The Scotsman reports, Cairnryan area ferry operators Stena Line and P&O said there was a “urgent need” to improve major roads to the port to stop more ferry traffic switching to routes from Liverpool and Holyhead.
Possible schemes include bypasses and dualled stretches of the A77 between Ayr and Stranraer, and on the A75 between Gretna and Stranraer.
The 23 potential projects also feature restoring the rail line between Dumfries and Stranraer, and the Stranraer-Cairnryan stretch.
That would enable ferry passengers to again travel by train, which ended nine years ago when Stena Line moved seven miles from Stranraer to Cairnryan, close to P&O's Loch Ryan terminal on the sea loch.
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