New Forth Crossing Bang on Target

07/02/2013

FRC“Excellent progress” is being made on the Forth Replacement Crossing, according to Dunfermline MSP Bill Walker on a recent visit to the newly built Contact and Education Centre adjacent to the Forth Road Bridge.

Mr Walker said: “All the signs are that the Forth Replacement Crossing construction is fully on target for completion in 2016. Some parts of the work are already complete ahead of schedule, such at the new roundabout now opened on the M9 motorway and, here in Fife, the ITM traffic flow system and improved bus lane heading south on the M90.

“From the Fife coast, you can easily see the construction work progressing on the mid-Forth Beamer Rock, on which the central tower of the new bridge will sit.  Even the Contact and Education Centre, which will later be converted into a Visitor Centre, was finished ahead of schedule. Read more of this post

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S4W-12779: Forth Replacement Crossing Contact and Education Centre Visitors

01/02/2013

Bill Walker: To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of annual visitor numbers at the Contact and Education Centre at the Forth Replacement Crossing once the centre is fully open to the public.

Date Lodged: 31/01/13

Answered by Mr Keith Brown, Minister for Transport and Veterans, (13/02/13): The primary purpose of the Contact and Education is to provide an information point for those affected by the works. No estimate has been made of annual visitor numbers and the booking system ensures that the numbers within the building can be managed.

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S4W-12778: Forth Replacement Crossing Contact and Education Centre

01/02/2013

Bill Walker: To ask the Scottish Government when the Contact and Education Centre for the Forth Replacement Crossing will be fully open to the public.

Date Lodged: 31/01/13

Answered by Mr Keith Brown, Minister for Transport and Veterans, (13/02/13): The Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC) Contact and Education Centre provides a permanent location for those affected by the FRC works to speak to a member of the project team face to face. This facility opened to the public on 7 January 2013. Booking requests to visit the project exhibition can be made through the project website www.forthreplacementcrossing.info.

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