Forth Bridge: tender process starts

The tender process for the new €2.35 billion Forth Bridge is starting, with Transport Scotland expected to award the contract early in 2010. The project is due for completion in 2016, while the companies expected to bid for the project include Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Est and Vinci. Calls are still being made by some for the government to reinstate the original plan, which called for a wider bridge but would have cost more than twice as much.
July 13, 2012 Read time: 1 min
An artist's impression of (selected design) the cable-stayed new Forth road bridge showing two of the three mono towers.
The tender process for the new €2.35 billion Forth Bridge is starting, with 4068 Transport Scotland expected to award the contract early in 2010.

The project is due for completion in 2016, while the companies expected to bid for the project include 1146 Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Est and 5177 Vinci.

Calls are still being made by some for the government to reinstate the original plan, which called for a wider bridge but would have cost more than twice as much.

For more information on companies in this article

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