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…
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
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.
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.