What the volume of traffic is per day on the (a) Erskine Bridge, (b) Skye Bridge, (c) Forth Road Bridge and (d) Tay Road Bridge and what th…

Answered Asked by Alex Neil SNP Lodged 6 Mar 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the volume of traffic is per day on the (a) Erskine Bridge, (b) Skye Bridge, (c) Forth Road Bridge and (d) Tay Road Bridge and what the equivalent figures were (i) 10 and (ii) 20 years ago.

The answer

Answered by Tavish Scott on 16 Mar 2006 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

Information on traffic flowsand traffic growth on the Bridges, including daily trends and variations, is shownat section 4 of the Tolled Bridges Review: Phase One Report, published bythe Scottish Executive, a copy of which is available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 34847).
Annual vehicle crossing figures(thousands) at each of the tolled bridges is as follows:
Bridge
| 1984
| 1994
| 2004

Erskine
| 4,327
| 6,865
| 10,020

Forth
| 12,001
| 18,994
| 23,562

Tay
| 5,211
| 7,198
| 8,929

Skye
| n/a
| n/a
| 769

Source: Scottish Transport StatisticsNo.14
- 1995 Edition and Scottish Transport Statistics No.24
- 2005 Edition
Note: The Skye Bridge crossingopened in October 1995. Vehicle crossings in the first full year of operation (1996)totalled 612,000.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-23919 by reference.