Building up...

[pozorvlak]

There once stood a bridge on the Forth,
Connecting the South to the North.
The folk of Queensferry
Were ever so merry,
For they got it for less than it's worth.

[ Previously]

[Note also that the new Forth Road Bridge, if constructed, will probably cost considerably more than it should: the usual figure is £4.3bn to build a new one, or £120 million

Comments

[auntysarah]

How does one go about repairing the existing one? I thought the cables were shagged? How is the deck kept from falling while the cables are respun?

[pozorvlak]

Either by dehumidifying the existing cables, or, if that fails, by recabling or augmenting the existing cables - it's not necessary to spin the cables in situ.

More here. Said link goes to the blog of a Green politician, but I know him slightly and he seems to be a decent bloke (plus the post contains plenty of links for further reading).

[necaris]

Jeezus... where does the Scottish government reckon it's going to get £4.3bn??