Bizarre.

So, bizarrely, despite tolls being removed on the Forth Road Bridge, commuters are facing journey times half an hour longer than they suffered before according to a traffic monitoring experts.

"TRAFFIC congestion around the Forth Road Bridge has soared since the abolition of tolls, according to new figures compiled by vehicle monitoring experts. In the five-day period leading up to the scrapping of northbound tolls by the Government on February 11, the peak morning rush hour during weekdays extended to 61 minutes. But in the five days after the payments were abolished, it stretched to an average 91 minutes – lengthening journey times – according to surveys taken by road monitoring group Trafficmaster.The increase occurred even though three of the days surveyed were part of the school half-term holidays in southern Scotland, when traffic is traditionally expected to be lighter."

Strange. But Carnegie wants to know whether this will be a temporary phenomenon caused by the current roadworks redesigning the toll plaza or something that will continue into the longer term. But with all things attached to the Road Bridge and tolls, who knows?