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SHE’S already stopped a Greggs lorry in its tracks so pier pressure wasn’t going to prevent a North Queensferry woman taking on the owners of a tanker. Sheila Foggon, who lives on Main Street, was furious after claiming a company drove an HGV onto the crumbling 19th century structure in the village for a photoshoot. The community councillor took a photo of the vehicle, owned by the Clancy Group, a construction firm that also supports the utilities network, on Thursday, February 4. She...

© SYSTEM Studies have already been carried out to assess the suitability of the Forth Road Bridge for light rail. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A cross-Forth light railway linking Fife to Edinburgh could be considered for investment in the not-too-distant future, The Courier can reveal. For the ambitious project has been highlighted in ...

BBC News By Angie Brown Published image copyrightLorraine Logg image captionRory Logg ran some sections of the challenge over the Forth Road Bridge near his home A nine-year-old boy has raised £5,500 by running a total of 26.2 miles for a bereavement charity that helped him when his dad died in a car crash. Rory Logg, from South Queensferry in Edinburgh, was three when the familys car skidded into a tree on the way to his grandparents in Ayrshire on Christmas Eve 2014. Rory, his mother, Lorrai...

THE latest closure of the Queensferry Crossing has been branded an "embarrassment" by several Fife MSPs. Scotlands most expensive bridge was forced to close for the second time in less than two months due to a "risk of falling ice" between 4am and 10am last Thursday (January 21). Its believed falling ice hit a roads maintenance vehicle as newly-installed sensors failed to stop danger to drivers but, fortunately, staff from the Transport Scotland-appointed roads maintenance firm BEAR Scotl...

Kingdom FM Drivers using the M90 at Queensferry will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge this Saturday - in the first trial of an emergency diversion route using live traffic. Motorists will initially be diverted via the Kincardine Bridge from 10pm on Friday, while emergency crossovers connecting the Forth Road Bridge to the motorways on either side are opened up. The diversion via the Forth bridge is expected to be fully operational by 6am on Saturday morning at the latest. All ...

This builds on an earlier trial held in December, which tested the implementation of traffic management without diverting live traffic onto the route. QUEENSFERRY Crossing traffic will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge this Saturday as part of the first trial of the emergency diversion to include live traffic. This builds on an earlier trial held in December, which tested the implementation of traffic management without diverting live traffic onto the route. Traffic will initially b...

© PA A patrol vehicle crosses The Queensferry Crossing after it was closed due to bad weather in February 2020. Sir, – I am puzzled by the assertion from the bridge authorities that it was necessary to divert traffic via the Kincardine Bridge during the most recent closure of the Queensferry Crossing due to falling ice. There is a plethora of electronic road signs on the motorway/bridge approaches, the purpose of which is to inform motorists of problems ahead. There is also the bridge patrol...

  New move to open Forth Road Bridge to traffic in emergencies after latest embarrassment Queensferry Crossing ice fall New attempt to open Forth Road Bridge to traffic in emergencies after latest embarrassment Queensferry Crossing ice fall A live trial over opening up the Forth Road Bridge at least partially for general traffic is go be conducted this weekend in the wake of the latest row over falling ice on the Queensferry Crossing. Motorists using the M90 at Queensferry will be diverted...

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© Supplied by LBA Campaigners have urged ministers to give the Forth tunnel plan a decent airing following the success of other undersea tunnels elsewhere. Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Construction experts have claimed a new Firth of Forth tunnel crossing is not just a pipe dream but entirely feasible and could be done in just five to ...