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At the weekend, we discovered that the Forth Road Bridge isn't falling down after all. I'm shocked and stunned!
Well, okay, I'm not. Especially when other bridges around the world have gone through the dehumidification process and been fine afterwards. Nevertheless, the Scottish Government is determined to push on with spending £1.6 billion on an unneeded replacement bridge. Remember, the current bridge could be re-cabled for just £122 million.
But what caught my eye in the Scotsman's story was this paragraph, quoting Bridgemaster Barry Colford:
However, he stressed the new crossing, which is expected to cost between £1.45bn and £1.6bn, was also required to avert major traffic disruption on the Forth road bridge during increasingly- frequent repair work.
So basically, what he's saying is that the country is spending £1.6 billion pound on a diversionary route - a 'contraflow replacement'. Money well spent, huh?
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