Question ref. S4W-17273
Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 18 September 2013
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it maintains a record of the number of vehicles using the Forth Road Bridge since the abolition of bridge tolls.
Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 October 2013
Answer
On behalf of Transport Scotland, the Scottish Roads Traffic Database operates a number of automatic traffic counters at Echline. These were installed in 2004 to record traffic flows on the bridge.
The Forth Estuary Transport Authority is responsible for the management, maintenance and operation of the Forth Road Bridge. Detailed traffic statistics recording the number of vehicles using the Forth Road Bridge are available on their website:
http://www.forthroadbridge.org/the-bridgetraffic-statistics/the-bridge-traffic-statistics-2013.