3/2/2010Almost 100 object to new Forth Bridge plans
Plans for the replacement Forth Crossing have attracted almost 100 objections
North Queensferry-based Deep Sea World is amongst almost 100 major objectors to the new Forth Bridge, the Scottish Parliament has announced.
Amongst the others landowners and businesses objecting are Network Rail, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The project, which is expected to cost up to £2.3 billion, is also opposed by Edinburgh and West Lothian councils. A four-strong Holyrood committee has begun meeting to start scrutinise a Parliamentary bill for the project, which is set to be approved in a year's time. Construction is due to begin on the crossing just west of the Forth Road Bridge later in 2011, with the bridge opened at the end of 2016.
Ministers have said the new crossing is required because lorries may be banned from the existing bridge some time after 2017, if current work to halt its main cable corrosion fails.
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Amongst the others landowners and businesses objecting are Network Rail, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The project, which is expected to cost up to £2.3 billion, is also opposed by Edinburgh and West Lothian councils. A four-strong Holyrood committee has begun meeting to start scrutinise a Parliamentary bill for the project, which is set to be approved in a year's time. Construction is due to begin on the crossing just west of the Forth Road Bridge later in 2011, with the bridge opened at the end of 2016.
Ministers have said the new crossing is required because lorries may be banned from the existing bridge some time after 2017, if current work to halt its main cable corrosion fails.
You can read more on this story here.
What do you think of the plans? Post your comments and join the debate on s1northqueensferry