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Why is Glasgow City Council footing the bill of Scotland’s only road tunnel?
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Why is Glasgow City Council footing the bill of Scotland’s only road tunnel?

The Clyde Tunnel costs the council around £820,000 more annually than it’s given – enough to fix an extra 4,000 potholes a year.

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Clyde Tunnel, June 1963. Newsquest Archive.

THE countdown begins when the mouth of the Clyde Tunnel comes into view. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Suck in a belly full of air and hold your breath as the car rattles beneath the river. If you’re lucky and moving through the steep highway tunnel unbothered by traffic, the journey takes a mere 57 seconds at 3…

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