The Causeway, Bermuda by Hurricane Fabian, the Bermuda Government began investigating alternatives to simply repairing the causeway after each storm knocked it out. These alternatives include an underwater tunnel, a true bridge and constructing additional roadways, such as through Coney Island and Ferry Reach parks. Public meetings on these plans began in October, 2006. By February 2010, however, plans to replace the causeway had been abandoned, and the issue was a touchy subject when raised in the Senate of Bermuda. The Causeway, Bermuda The Causeway is a narrow strip of reclaimed land and bridges in the north of Bermuda linking Hamilton Parish on
Darrell's Island, Bermuda Sound were part of the Royal Naval land purchases in Bermuda following the American War of Independence. The Royal Navy used the islands for various purposes in the 19th century. Darrell's Island was also used as a quarantine station. During the Second Boer War, it was used (along with several of its neighbours) as a prisoner of war camp. In 1936, Imperial Airways built an air station on Darrell's Island. This operated as a staging point on scheduled trans-Atlantic flights by Imperial Airways and Pan American. The island was taken over as Royal Air Force Bermuda during the Second World