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Written Question · S2W-03970 · Session 2

How much has been spent on maintenance of the (a) Skye Bridge, (b) Erskine Bridge, (c) Forth Road Bridge and (d) Tay Bridge in each year si…

Answered Asked by Jackie Baillie Lab Lodged 6 Nov 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on maintenance of the (a) Skye Bridge, (b) Erskine Bridge, (c) Forth Road Bridge and (d) Tay Bridge in each year since construction.

The answer

Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 Nov 2003 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

Skye Bridge is maintained and operated by Skye Bridge Limited underthe terms of the PFI agreement. Maintenance costs are set out in the company’s annualaccounts, which are available from Companies House.
For Erskine Bridge,maintenance costs in each year are noted in the following table.
Year
| Maintenance Costs (£)

1971-72
| 52,458

1972-73
| 88,274

1973-74
| 100,037

1974-75
| 121,185

1975-76
| 456,192

1976-77
| 681,976

1977-78
| 934,462

1978-79
| 817,467

1979-80
| 814,800

1980-81
| 772,151

1981-82
| 1,564,378

1982-83
| 2,051,090

1983-84
| 966,915

1984-85
| 267,609

1985-86
| 264,615

1986-87
| 278,810

1987-88
| 289,941

1988-89
| 269,878

1989-90
| 40,409

1990-91
| 110,446

1991-92
| 67,157

1992-93
| 188,812

1993-94
| 134,310

1994-95
| 5,370,000

1995-96
| 947,031

1996-97
| 427,990

1997-98
| 241,525

1998-99
| 264,330

1999-2000
| 610,840

2000-01
| 684,086

2001-02
| 794,005

2002-03
| *1,675,201

Notes:
*Provisional figure.
For Forth Road Bridge and Tay Road Bridge,these are matters for Forth Estuary Transport Authority and Tay Road BridgeJoint Board respectively, which own and operate those bridges.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-03970 by reference.