Let There Be Light.

"TRANSPORT SCOTLAND has rejected calls to install lighting on the Clackmannanshire Bridge. The government body carried out a safety assessment before the bridge opening in November which decided lights were not required. However, Kincardine councillor Willie Ferguson supports the installation and claims lighting was in the original plans."

Did you know that the Clackmannanshire Bridge didn't have any lights on it? Is that safe?

I Declare ...

... the new Clackmannanshire Bridge open. Well, FM Alex Salmond did actually. But it really should have been called the Fife Bridge.

"The new £120 million Clackmannanshire Bridge over the Firth of Forth was officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond today. The crossing, designed to alleviate traffic pressure on the Kincardine Bridge, is the second largest of its type in the world. It includes an extensive network of new cycleways and footpaths and provides transport links between Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Fifem improving road safety and opening up the wider area to economic benefits. Approximately 20,000 vehicles per day are predicted to use the new bridge, with traffic on the existing Kincardine bridge reduced from approximately 30,100 vehicles per day at present to approximately 18,100 vehicles."

The Fife Bridge.

Carnegie thinks that the Bridge will always be known to Fifers as the Fife Bridge. That's what it should have been named. The Scottish Government got it wrong ... again.

"TRANSPORT MINISTER Stewart Stevenson yesterday announced the new crossing over the upper Forth will be known as the Clackmannanshire Bridge. The name was decided following a public consultation launched in January, with the £120 million crossing due to open on November 19. Mr Stevenson said, “I am delighted this landmark project for Scotland is just weeks away from opening. “This impressive new bridge will bring economic benefits to communities across Fife and central Scotland—opening up access, easing congestion and improving safety.”