Forth traffic flow
The notion that a new bridge, by-pass or road would be sufficient to have pedestrians and public transport users rushing to their nearest car dealer is absurd. And while it is possible that existing motorists might make an unnecessary journey or two just to see the new bridge, that would soon pass.
If a new road is busy from day one, that demonstrates that the road was badly needed. And vehicles on the new road are no longer using the roads they used to use.
GRAHAM M McLEOD
Muirs
Kinross
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Hide AdWe do not need another road bridge over the Forth. What is needed is a barrier further up the Firth, with stonework controlling the ever-flowing river through dynamos.
The Severn has been bridled since the 1920s and St Malo since 1966. Surely Scotland has the skills to get this done. Failing that, we could ask the Dutch to help.
REV WILLIAM SPEIRS
Innerleithen