Drivers could face 10-mile Forth Road Bridge queues.
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bridge's tolls to collect revenue for improving public transport. It says this could do away with the need for a second bridge. It accepts that there are "problems in the increasing levels of traffic flow on the existing Forth Road Bridge," but says "more evidence shows that new roads are not in themselves the answer".
Meanwhile, five Scottish Chambers of Commerce, which have formed action group Forth Connect, are asking for the prompt introduction of a second crossing. Minister for Roads and Transport at the Scottish Office Lord James Douglas. Hamilton has said that without remedial action by "early next century, bridge queues are predicted to be regularly five miles long, and up to 10 miles on the worst days."
Interested parties should submit their proposals to the Scottish Office by the end of this month.