Question reference: S3W-38767
- Asked by: Tricia Marwick, MSP for Central Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 13 January 2011
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 January 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual saving for a commuter has been since the abolition of tolls on the Forth Road bridge.
Answer
On abolition in 2007, the tolls on the Forth Road Bridge (FRB) for cars and light goods vehicles were £1 per crossing. North bound only.
This meant an annual cost of tolls of £230 per annum (based on a five-day working week over a 46-week working year, assuming six weeks holiday per annum). Frequent user discount vouchers were available on the FRB. If these were used then the reduced rate of £0.90 was applied and the annual cost would have been £207 per annum based on the same conditions above.