Question reference: S3W-38392
- Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 15 December 2010
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 January 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many spans of the Cromarty Bridge remain to be repaired and what the estimated (a) cost and (b) duration is of the planned contract.
Answer
Sixty-three and a half spans of the Cromarty Bridge remain to be repaired after the current trial refurbishment contract is complete. The estimated cost of the remaining repairs is approximately £21 million, if the works were undertaken as a single contract lasting approximately 36 to 48 months. Alternative options may be looked at in the future to split the remainder of the refurbishment work into smaller duration contracts to avoid traffic delay over the longer period required for a single contract and to spread the overall cost over a number of years.