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Protecting the environment Map showing National Protected Sites Public information exhibitions As well as being an area of great beauty, the Firth of Forth A public information exhibition is being held in various venues in is home to a number of very signifi cant environmental August 2007 to provide further information on the options for features, protected species and fl ora and fauna. These the Forth Replacement Crossing. include: Roxburghe Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh • SPAs – Special Protection Areas which are 20-24 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm important habitats for rare and migratory birds The Queensferry Hotel, North Queensferry • Ramsar sites – wetlands of international importance 20 Aug 2007 2pm to 8pm • SACs – Special Areas of Conservation with listed species of fl ora and fauna 21-24 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • SSSIs – Sites of Special Scientifi c Interest due to the 25 Aug 2007 10am to 5pm presence of wildlife Apex City Quay, Dundee • SAMs – Scheduled Ancient Monuments 27 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • GDLs – Gardens and Designed Landscapes • Country parks, local nature reserves and signifi cant Orocco Pier, South Queensferry historic features 27 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Feedback • Listed buildings, archaeological sites and heritage Balgeddie House Hotel, Glenrothes conservation areas Your comments on the Forth Replacement Crossing proposals 28 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • Various woodlands and specially protected trees are most welcome. • Areas of Landscape Value Marriott Hotel, Glasgow Road, Edinburgh • Greenbelt zones 28 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Feedback can be provided on our website – www. • Rights of way and other public accesses forthreplacementcrossing.info – or using the feedback form Dean Park Hotel, Kirkcaldy which can be posted at the exhibitions or sent to: The need to protect the environment of the Firth of Forth Map showing Local Protected Sites 29 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm has been an important part of the study. One of the Holiday Inn, Queensferry Road, Edinburgh Forth Replacement Crossing objectives against which all options have been appraised is: 29 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm 6th Floor ‘Minimise the impact on people, the natural environment Buchanan House and the cultural heritage of the Forth area.’ Best Western Queens Hotel, Perth 58 Port Dundas Road 30 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Glasgow These environmental features, many of which are Best Western Braid Hills, Braid Road, Edinburgh G4 0HF protected under legislation, will be carefully considered 30 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm during the design of the crossing working closely with The closing date for feedback is Friday 7th September 2007. organisations such as Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish BLCC, Halbeath, Dunfermline Environment Protection Agency and Historic Scotland. 31 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Uphall Community Centre, Uphall 31 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm An introduction to the Forth Replacement Crossing
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Option 2: Tunnel
The second option under consideration is a tunnel, again to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge. The precise line of the tunnel has not been fi xed, as it will be infl uenced by the ground conditions that are found when more detailed survey work is carried out. It is anticipated that the tunnel would lie within corridors C and D. Engineers have suggested that the most appropriate way to build a tunnel in this area would be to use a tunnel boring machine, although immersed tube tunnel techniques are also Artist’s impression of cable stay bridge. possible.
Carrying out these works while the bridge remains open Introduction Option 1: Bridge NEW INTERCHANGE LINKED TO to traffi c would take between 5½ and 7 years and could mean REMODELLED Key facts – Corridor C Tunnel: INDICATIVE ROAD MASTERTON INTERCHANGE M90 contrafl ows for 56 weeks and partial closures for 48 weeks ALIGNMENT The Forth Bridges are one of the most famous images of The fi rst of the two fi nal options from the study is a new bridge in Bridge design has advanced signifi cantly since the Forth Road over a four-year period. It could even mean the bridge would be • Twin bore tunnel (one tunnel in each direction) Scotland - two distinctive and impressive engineering structures, corridor D to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge. Bridge was built and any new bridge would feature the latest PORTAL closed completely for 50 weekends. • 8.5 km long spanning the Firth of Forth and recognised the world over. Engineers have recommended a cable stayed bridge, although technology, such as a built-in dehumidifi cation system, to ensure • Northern entrance linking with M90 at Junction 2 The Forth Road Bridge is the main route across the Forth a suspension bridge similar to the existing Forth Road Bridge has it is fi t for the long term. • Southern entrance linking to M9 near Craigton Quarry for thousands of businesses and commuters. It is an economic Developing the new crossing not been ruled out. PORTAL lifeline for Fife, Edinburgh and the east coast of Scotland and vital • 7 ½ years to construct to the wealth of Scotland as a whole. In 2006 and 2007 Transport Scotland and a group of leading • Cost estimate £2.3 billion at 2006 prices Alternatives to car travel - such as Park and Ride and transport consultants have been exploring options for a new Key facts: • Benefi t to cost ratio 2.23 increased rail services - are in place and more will be developed Forth crossing. This process has worked down from an original in the future to stem reliance on the car. But maintaining crucial list of 65 options to the fi nal short-list of two - a bridge or a • 2.2 km long Key facts – Corridor D Tunnel: • Southern access linking with M9 approximately 1 km west of POTENTIAL REMODELLING OF links connecting the east coast economic corridor is vital. That tunnel to the West of the existing Forth Road Bridge. MASTERTON INTERCHANGE M9 Junction 1a • Twin bore tunnel (one tunnel in each direction) is why work to build a replacement crossing which will be fi t for M90 the future is underway. Over time the options have been sifted as follows: • Northern access linking with A90/M90 in the vicinity of • 7.3 km long Ferrytoll Junction • Northern entrance linking with Admiralty Road This leafl et, the accompanying exhibitions and detailed POTENTIAL WIDENING OF reports explain why a Forth Replacement Crossing is needed M90 TO DUAL THREE LANE • Southern entrance linking with M9 North of Humbie REMODELLING Reservoir OF M9/A90 and how it is being developed. Physical and 65 initial options Cable Stay option: INTERCHANGE environmental constraints TOLL PLAZA • 5 ½ years to construct • 7 ½ years to construct IF REQUIRED PORTAL M9 • Cost estimate £1.5 billion at 2006 prices FERRY TOLL • Cost estimate £2.2 billion at 2006 prices The Forth Road Bridge • Benefi t to cost ratio 4.31 INTERCHANGE • Benefi t to cost ratio 2.68 PORTAL TOLL PLAZA Five possible corridors: Options sifted IF REQUIRED
When the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 it was one of the (A to E) against objectives Suspension option: INDICATIVE ROAD Key facts – Immersed Tube Tunnel: NEW INTERCHANGE M9 SPUR UNDER world’s most impressive feats of engineering and the longest • 6 years to construct ALIGNMENT ON M9 LINKED JUNCTION 1a CONSTRUCTION TO REMODELLED suspension bridge anywhere outside the USA. • Cost estimate £1.7 billion at 2006 prices • Twin carriageway tunnel JUNCTION 1a At that time, around 2 million vehicles used the crossing to Reduced to three corridors: Bridge or Tunnel • Benefi t to cost ratio 3.83 • 6.15 km long of which 2.2 – 2.3 km is immersed tube travel north over the Firth of Forth every year. In 2006, this (C, D, E) • Northern entrance links with M90 at Junction 2 via A823 (M) fi gure was closer to 12 million - growing more than fi ve-fold in Key benefi ts: • Southern entrance linking with M9 near Craigton quarry BRIDGE CROSSING D 40 years - far higher than the national average traffi c growth. • 5 ½ years to construct With 66,000 vehicles per day, the Forth Road Bridge carries Bridges and tunnels in three corridors • Does not directly affect the special protected environmental NEW INTERCHANGE TOLL PLAZA • Cost estimate £2.1 billion 70% of the traffi c that crosses the Forth. sites WITH A904 IF REQUIRED • Benefi t to cost ratio of 2.44 Despite constant maintenance and investment throughout its • More signifi cant risks during construction • Is the cheapest of all the options NEW INTERCHANGE INDICATIVE ROAD lifetime, the bridge is now showing signs of deterioration, mainly ON M9 LINKED • Requires extensive trench excavation in river bed resulting Bridge in C and E rejected • Can be built quicker – around two years less than tunnel ALIGNMENT Key benefi ts: as a result of the increasing weight and number of vehicles but TO REMODELLED in signifi cant environmental impacts on protected areas options JUNCTION 1a also due to weather and climate. • Has the highest benefi t to cost ratio M9 REMODELLING OF M9/A90 • Minimises visual impact on the landscape except for portals, (Immersed Tube only) The Forth Road Bridge is managed and maintained by the • Can include more lanes than a tunnel and therefore feature INTERCHANGE ventilation shafts and road connections • Impact on Special Protection Area during construction Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) which has done Tunnel in E rejected bus lanes / high occupancy vehicle lanes etc • Avoids impact on special protected areas because the (Immersed Tube only) considerable work to assess the condition and strength of • Can be used by cyclists and pedestrians M9 SPUR UNDER entrance / exists are further inland (Twin Bore Tunnel only) • Environmental impacts may result in annual limits on the bridge. FETA has announced that maintenance works will • Fewer risks during construction CONSTRUCTION • Tunnel sections can be constructed in dry dock. Allows construction and breaks in trench excavation (Immersed become more common in the future. In particular the bridge’s Final option: Final option: JUNCTION 1a fabrication in a controlled environment (Immersed Tube Tube only) main cables are corroding and although this process can Bridge in corridor D Tunnel in corridor C/D Key drawbacks: Tunnel only) • Direct impact on southern shore due to cut and cover potentially be slowed by using a de-humidifi cation system the • Immersed Tube Tunnel allows more fl exible use of section (Immersed Tube only) results of this will not be known for some time. • Could have some indirect impact on the special protected carriageway space and greater potential for light rapid transit • Dolerite rock likely to be present necessitating blasting Options for repairing the bridge include completely replacing This process is explained in more detail at the exhibition environmental sites • Diffi cult ground conditions could add to length of tunnel, cables, adding new cable above existing cable or adding new and in the detailed reports which can be found on the project • Construction is likely to fi t round breeding and wintering bird Key drawbacks: cost and timescale cable alongside existing cable. website – www.forthreplacementcrossing.info seasons • Only two lanes in each direction therefore unable to • Northern part of bridge passes through a site of special • Tunnel costs around 50% (£800 million) more than the accommodate bus lane / cyclists / pedestrians (Twin Bore scientifi c interest bridge option only) • Would incur some loss of woodland • Immersed Tube Tunnel would take a similar time to construct • Requires special management plan for hazardous loads • Greater visual impact on the landscape than tunnels as a bridge - bored tunnel would take around 2 years more such as petrol
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Option 2: Tunnel
The second option under consideration is a tunnel, again to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge. The precise line of the tunnel has not been fi xed, as it will be infl uenced by the ground conditions that are found when more detailed survey work is carried out. It is anticipated that the tunnel would lie within corridors C and D. Engineers have suggested that the most appropriate way to build a tunnel in this area would be to use a tunnel boring machine, although immersed tube tunnel techniques are also Artist’s impression of cable stay bridge. possible.
Carrying out these works while the bridge remains open Introduction Option 1: Bridge NEW INTERCHANGE LINKED TO to traffi c would take between 5½ and 7 years and could mean REMODELLED Key facts – Corridor C Tunnel: INDICATIVE ROAD MASTERTON INTERCHANGE M90 contrafl ows for 56 weeks and partial closures for 48 weeks ALIGNMENT The Forth Bridges are one of the most famous images of The fi rst of the two fi nal options from the study is a new bridge in Bridge design has advanced signifi cantly since the Forth Road over a four-year period. It could even mean the bridge would be • Twin bore tunnel (one tunnel in each direction) Scotland - two distinctive and impressive engineering structures, corridor D to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge. Bridge was built and any new bridge would feature the latest PORTAL closed completely for 50 weekends. • 8.5 km long spanning the Firth of Forth and recognised the world over. Engineers have recommended a cable stayed bridge, although technology, such as a built-in dehumidifi cation system, to ensure • Northern entrance linking with M90 at Junction 2 The Forth Road Bridge is the main route across the Forth a suspension bridge similar to the existing Forth Road Bridge has it is fi t for the long term. • Southern entrance linking to M9 near Craigton Quarry for thousands of businesses and commuters. It is an economic Developing the new crossing not been ruled out. PORTAL lifeline for Fife, Edinburgh and the east coast of Scotland and vital • 7 ½ years to construct to the wealth of Scotland as a whole. In 2006 and 2007 Transport Scotland and a group of leading • Cost estimate £2.3 billion at 2006 prices Alternatives to car travel - such as Park and Ride and transport consultants have been exploring options for a new Key facts: • Benefi t to cost ratio 2.23 increased rail services - are in place and more will be developed Forth crossing. This process has worked down from an original in the future to stem reliance on the car. But maintaining crucial list of 65 options to the fi nal short-list of two - a bridge or a • 2.2 km long Key facts – Corridor D Tunnel: • Southern access linking with M9 approximately 1 km west of POTENTIAL REMODELLING OF links connecting the east coast economic corridor is vital. That tunnel to the West of the existing Forth Road Bridge. MASTERTON INTERCHANGE M9 Junction 1a • Twin bore tunnel (one tunnel in each direction) is why work to build a replacement crossing which will be fi t for M90 the future is underway. Over time the options have been sifted as follows: • Northern access linking with A90/M90 in the vicinity of • 7.3 km long Ferrytoll Junction • Northern entrance linking with Admiralty Road This leafl et, the accompanying exhibitions and detailed POTENTIAL WIDENING OF reports explain why a Forth Replacement Crossing is needed M90 TO DUAL THREE LANE • Southern entrance linking with M9 North of Humbie REMODELLING Reservoir OF M9/A90 and how it is being developed. Physical and 65 initial options Cable Stay option: INTERCHANGE environmental constraints TOLL PLAZA • 5 ½ years to construct • 7 ½ years to construct IF REQUIRED PORTAL M9 • Cost estimate £1.5 billion at 2006 prices FERRY TOLL • Cost estimate £2.2 billion at 2006 prices The Forth Road Bridge • Benefi t to cost ratio 4.31 INTERCHANGE • Benefi t to cost ratio 2.68 PORTAL TOLL PLAZA Five possible corridors: Options sifted IF REQUIRED
When the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 it was one of the (A to E) against objectives Suspension option: INDICATIVE ROAD Key facts – Immersed Tube Tunnel: NEW INTERCHANGE M9 SPUR UNDER world’s most impressive feats of engineering and the longest • 6 years to construct ALIGNMENT ON M9 LINKED JUNCTION 1a CONSTRUCTION TO REMODELLED suspension bridge anywhere outside the USA. • Cost estimate £1.7 billion at 2006 prices • Twin carriageway tunnel JUNCTION 1a At that time, around 2 million vehicles used the crossing to Reduced to three corridors: Bridge or Tunnel • Benefi t to cost ratio 3.83 • 6.15 km long of which 2.2 – 2.3 km is immersed tube travel north over the Firth of Forth every year. In 2006, this (C, D, E) • Northern entrance links with M90 at Junction 2 via A823 (M) fi gure was closer to 12 million - growing more than fi ve-fold in Key benefi ts: • Southern entrance linking with M9 near Craigton quarry BRIDGE CROSSING D 40 years - far higher than the national average traffi c growth. • 5 ½ years to construct With 66,000 vehicles per day, the Forth Road Bridge carries Bridges and tunnels in three corridors • Does not directly affect the special protected environmental NEW INTERCHANGE TOLL PLAZA • Cost estimate £2.1 billion 70% of the traffi c that crosses the Forth. sites WITH A904 IF REQUIRED • Benefi t to cost ratio of 2.44 Despite constant maintenance and investment throughout its • More signifi cant risks during construction • Is the cheapest of all the options NEW INTERCHANGE INDICATIVE ROAD lifetime, the bridge is now showing signs of deterioration, mainly ON M9 LINKED • Requires extensive trench excavation in river bed resulting Bridge in C and E rejected • Can be built quicker – around two years less than tunnel ALIGNMENT Key benefi ts: as a result of the increasing weight and number of vehicles but TO REMODELLED in signifi cant environmental impacts on protected areas options JUNCTION 1a also due to weather and climate. • Has the highest benefi t to cost ratio M9 REMODELLING OF M9/A90 • Minimises visual impact on the landscape except for portals, (Immersed Tube only) The Forth Road Bridge is managed and maintained by the • Can include more lanes than a tunnel and therefore feature INTERCHANGE ventilation shafts and road connections • Impact on Special Protection Area during construction Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) which has done Tunnel in E rejected bus lanes / high occupancy vehicle lanes etc • Avoids impact on special protected areas because the (Immersed Tube only) considerable work to assess the condition and strength of • Can be used by cyclists and pedestrians M9 SPUR UNDER entrance / exists are further inland (Twin Bore Tunnel only) • Environmental impacts may result in annual limits on the bridge. FETA has announced that maintenance works will • Fewer risks during construction CONSTRUCTION • Tunnel sections can be constructed in dry dock. Allows construction and breaks in trench excavation (Immersed become more common in the future. In particular the bridge’s Final option: Final option: JUNCTION 1a fabrication in a controlled environment (Immersed Tube Tube only) main cables are corroding and although this process can Bridge in corridor D Tunnel in corridor C/D Key drawbacks: Tunnel only) • Direct impact on southern shore due to cut and cover potentially be slowed by using a de-humidifi cation system the • Immersed Tube Tunnel allows more fl exible use of section (Immersed Tube only) results of this will not be known for some time. • Could have some indirect impact on the special protected carriageway space and greater potential for light rapid transit • Dolerite rock likely to be present necessitating blasting Options for repairing the bridge include completely replacing This process is explained in more detail at the exhibition environmental sites • Diffi cult ground conditions could add to length of tunnel, cables, adding new cable above existing cable or adding new and in the detailed reports which can be found on the project • Construction is likely to fi t round breeding and wintering bird Key drawbacks: cost and timescale cable alongside existing cable. website – www.forthreplacementcrossing.info seasons • Only two lanes in each direction therefore unable to • Northern part of bridge passes through a site of special • Tunnel costs around 50% (£800 million) more than the accommodate bus lane / cyclists / pedestrians (Twin Bore scientifi c interest bridge option only) • Would incur some loss of woodland • Immersed Tube Tunnel would take a similar time to construct • Requires special management plan for hazardous loads • Greater visual impact on the landscape than tunnels as a bridge - bored tunnel would take around 2 years more such as petrol
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Option 2: Tunnel
The second option under consideration is a tunnel, again to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge. The precise line of the tunnel has not been fi xed, as it will be infl uenced by the ground conditions that are found when more detailed survey work is carried out. It is anticipated that the tunnel would lie within corridors C and D. Engineers have suggested that the most appropriate way to build a tunnel in this area would be to use a tunnel boring machine, although immersed tube tunnel techniques are also Artist’s impression of cable stay bridge. possible.
Carrying out these works while the bridge remains open Introduction Option 1: Bridge NEW INTERCHANGE LINKED TO to traffi c would take between 5½ and 7 years and could mean REMODELLED Key facts – Corridor C Tunnel: INDICATIVE ROAD MASTERTON INTERCHANGE M90 contrafl ows for 56 weeks and partial closures for 48 weeks ALIGNMENT The Forth Bridges are one of the most famous images of The fi rst of the two fi nal options from the study is a new bridge in Bridge design has advanced signifi cantly since the Forth Road over a four-year period. It could even mean the bridge would be • Twin bore tunnel (one tunnel in each direction) Scotland - two distinctive and impressive engineering structures, corridor D to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge. Bridge was built and any new bridge would feature the latest PORTAL closed completely for 50 weekends. • 8.5 km long spanning the Firth of Forth and recognised the world over. Engineers have recommended a cable stayed bridge, although technology, such as a built-in dehumidifi cation system, to ensure • Northern entrance linking with M90 at Junction 2 The Forth Road Bridge is the main route across the Forth a suspension bridge similar to the existing Forth Road Bridge has it is fi t for the long term. • Southern entrance linking to M9 near Craigton Quarry for thousands of businesses and commuters. It is an economic Developing the new crossing not been ruled out. PORTAL lifeline for Fife, Edinburgh and the east coast of Scotland and vital • 7 ½ years to construct to the wealth of Scotland as a whole. In 2006 and 2007 Transport Scotland and a group of leading • Cost estimate £2.3 billion at 2006 prices Alternatives to car travel - such as Park and Ride and transport consultants have been exploring options for a new Key facts: • Benefi t to cost ratio 2.23 increased rail services - are in place and more will be developed Forth crossing. This process has worked down from an original in the future to stem reliance on the car. But maintaining crucial list of 65 options to the fi nal short-list of two - a bridge or a • 2.2 km long Key facts – Corridor D Tunnel: • Southern access linking with M9 approximately 1 km west of POTENTIAL REMODELLING OF links connecting the east coast economic corridor is vital. That tunnel to the West of the existing Forth Road Bridge. MASTERTON INTERCHANGE M9 Junction 1a • Twin bore tunnel (one tunnel in each direction) is why work to build a replacement crossing which will be fi t for M90 the future is underway. Over time the options have been sifted as follows: • Northern access linking with A90/M90 in the vicinity of • 7.3 km long Ferrytoll Junction • Northern entrance linking with Admiralty Road This leafl et, the accompanying exhibitions and detailed POTENTIAL WIDENING OF reports explain why a Forth Replacement Crossing is needed M90 TO DUAL THREE LANE • Southern entrance linking with M9 North of Humbie REMODELLING Reservoir OF M9/A90 and how it is being developed. Physical and 65 initial options Cable Stay option: INTERCHANGE environmental constraints TOLL PLAZA • 5 ½ years to construct • 7 ½ years to construct IF REQUIRED PORTAL M9 • Cost estimate £1.5 billion at 2006 prices FERRY TOLL • Cost estimate £2.2 billion at 2006 prices The Forth Road Bridge • Benefi t to cost ratio 4.31 INTERCHANGE • Benefi t to cost ratio 2.68 PORTAL TOLL PLAZA Five possible corridors: Options sifted IF REQUIRED
When the Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964 it was one of the (A to E) against objectives Suspension option: INDICATIVE ROAD Key facts – Immersed Tube Tunnel: NEW INTERCHANGE M9 SPUR UNDER world’s most impressive feats of engineering and the longest • 6 years to construct ALIGNMENT ON M9 LINKED JUNCTION 1a CONSTRUCTION TO REMODELLED suspension bridge anywhere outside the USA. • Cost estimate £1.7 billion at 2006 prices • Twin carriageway tunnel JUNCTION 1a At that time, around 2 million vehicles used the crossing to Reduced to three corridors: Bridge or Tunnel • Benefi t to cost ratio 3.83 • 6.15 km long of which 2.2 – 2.3 km is immersed tube travel north over the Firth of Forth every year. In 2006, this (C, D, E) • Northern entrance links with M90 at Junction 2 via A823 (M) fi gure was closer to 12 million - growing more than fi ve-fold in Key benefi ts: • Southern entrance linking with M9 near Craigton quarry BRIDGE CROSSING D 40 years - far higher than the national average traffi c growth. • 5 ½ years to construct With 66,000 vehicles per day, the Forth Road Bridge carries Bridges and tunnels in three corridors • Does not directly affect the special protected environmental NEW INTERCHANGE TOLL PLAZA • Cost estimate £2.1 billion 70% of the traffi c that crosses the Forth. sites WITH A904 IF REQUIRED • Benefi t to cost ratio of 2.44 Despite constant maintenance and investment throughout its • More signifi cant risks during construction • Is the cheapest of all the options NEW INTERCHANGE INDICATIVE ROAD lifetime, the bridge is now showing signs of deterioration, mainly ON M9 LINKED • Requires extensive trench excavation in river bed resulting Bridge in C and E rejected • Can be built quicker – around two years less than tunnel ALIGNMENT Key benefi ts: as a result of the increasing weight and number of vehicles but TO REMODELLED in signifi cant environmental impacts on protected areas options JUNCTION 1a also due to weather and climate. • Has the highest benefi t to cost ratio M9 REMODELLING OF M9/A90 • Minimises visual impact on the landscape except for portals, (Immersed Tube only) The Forth Road Bridge is managed and maintained by the • Can include more lanes than a tunnel and therefore feature INTERCHANGE ventilation shafts and road connections • Impact on Special Protection Area during construction Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) which has done Tunnel in E rejected bus lanes / high occupancy vehicle lanes etc • Avoids impact on special protected areas because the (Immersed Tube only) considerable work to assess the condition and strength of • Can be used by cyclists and pedestrians M9 SPUR UNDER entrance / exists are further inland (Twin Bore Tunnel only) • Environmental impacts may result in annual limits on the bridge. FETA has announced that maintenance works will • Fewer risks during construction CONSTRUCTION • Tunnel sections can be constructed in dry dock. Allows construction and breaks in trench excavation (Immersed become more common in the future. In particular the bridge’s Final option: Final option: JUNCTION 1a fabrication in a controlled environment (Immersed Tube Tube only) main cables are corroding and although this process can Bridge in corridor D Tunnel in corridor C/D Key drawbacks: Tunnel only) • Direct impact on southern shore due to cut and cover potentially be slowed by using a de-humidifi cation system the • Immersed Tube Tunnel allows more fl exible use of section (Immersed Tube only) results of this will not be known for some time. • Could have some indirect impact on the special protected carriageway space and greater potential for light rapid transit • Dolerite rock likely to be present necessitating blasting Options for repairing the bridge include completely replacing This process is explained in more detail at the exhibition environmental sites • Diffi cult ground conditions could add to length of tunnel, cables, adding new cable above existing cable or adding new and in the detailed reports which can be found on the project • Construction is likely to fi t round breeding and wintering bird Key drawbacks: cost and timescale cable alongside existing cable. website – www.forthreplacementcrossing.info seasons • Only two lanes in each direction therefore unable to • Northern part of bridge passes through a site of special • Tunnel costs around 50% (£800 million) more than the accommodate bus lane / cyclists / pedestrians (Twin Bore scientifi c interest bridge option only) • Would incur some loss of woodland • Immersed Tube Tunnel would take a similar time to construct • Requires special management plan for hazardous loads • Greater visual impact on the landscape than tunnels as a bridge - bored tunnel would take around 2 years more such as petrol
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Protecting the environment Map showing National Protected Sites Public information exhibitions As well as being an area of great beauty, the Firth of Forth A public information exhibition is being held in various venues in is home to a number of very signifi cant environmental August 2007 to provide further information on the options for features, protected species and fl ora and fauna. These the Forth Replacement Crossing. include: Roxburghe Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh • SPAs – Special Protection Areas which are 20-24 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm important habitats for rare and migratory birds The Queensferry Hotel, North Queensferry • Ramsar sites – wetlands of international importance 20 Aug 2007 2pm to 8pm • SACs – Special Areas of Conservation with listed species of fl ora and fauna 21-24 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • SSSIs – Sites of Special Scientifi c Interest due to the 25 Aug 2007 10am to 5pm presence of wildlife Apex City Quay, Dundee • SAMs – Scheduled Ancient Monuments 27 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • GDLs – Gardens and Designed Landscapes • Country parks, local nature reserves and signifi cant Orocco Pier, South Queensferry historic features 27 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Feedback • Listed buildings, archaeological sites and heritage Balgeddie House Hotel, Glenrothes conservation areas Your comments on the Forth Replacement Crossing proposals 28 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • Various woodlands and specially protected trees are most welcome. • Areas of Landscape Value Marriott Hotel, Glasgow Road, Edinburgh • Greenbelt zones 28 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Feedback can be provided on our website – www. • Rights of way and other public accesses forthreplacementcrossing.info – or using the feedback form Dean Park Hotel, Kirkcaldy which can be posted at the exhibitions or sent to: The need to protect the environment of the Firth of Forth Map showing Local Protected Sites 29 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm has been an important part of the study. One of the Holiday Inn, Queensferry Road, Edinburgh Forth Replacement Crossing objectives against which all options have been appraised is: 29 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm 6th Floor ‘Minimise the impact on people, the natural environment Buchanan House and the cultural heritage of the Forth area.’ Best Western Queens Hotel, Perth 58 Port Dundas Road 30 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Glasgow These environmental features, many of which are Best Western Braid Hills, Braid Road, Edinburgh G4 0HF protected under legislation, will be carefully considered 30 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm during the design of the crossing working closely with The closing date for feedback is Friday 7th September 2007. organisations such as Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish BLCC, Halbeath, Dunfermline Environment Protection Agency and Historic Scotland. 31 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Uphall Community Centre, Uphall 31 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm An introduction to the Forth Replacement Crossing
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Protecting the environment Map showing National Protected Sites Public information exhibitions As well as being an area of great beauty, the Firth of Forth A public information exhibition is being held in various venues in is home to a number of very signifi cant environmental August 2007 to provide further information on the options for features, protected species and fl ora and fauna. These the Forth Replacement Crossing. include: Roxburghe Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh • SPAs – Special Protection Areas which are 20-24 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm important habitats for rare and migratory birds The Queensferry Hotel, North Queensferry • Ramsar sites – wetlands of international importance 20 Aug 2007 2pm to 8pm • SACs – Special Areas of Conservation with listed species of fl ora and fauna 21-24 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • SSSIs – Sites of Special Scientifi c Interest due to the 25 Aug 2007 10am to 5pm presence of wildlife Apex City Quay, Dundee • SAMs – Scheduled Ancient Monuments 27 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • GDLs – Gardens and Designed Landscapes • Country parks, local nature reserves and signifi cant Orocco Pier, South Queensferry historic features 27 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Feedback • Listed buildings, archaeological sites and heritage Balgeddie House Hotel, Glenrothes conservation areas Your comments on the Forth Replacement Crossing proposals 28 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm • Various woodlands and specially protected trees are most welcome. • Areas of Landscape Value Marriott Hotel, Glasgow Road, Edinburgh • Greenbelt zones 28 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Feedback can be provided on our website – www. • Rights of way and other public accesses forthreplacementcrossing.info – or using the feedback form Dean Park Hotel, Kirkcaldy which can be posted at the exhibitions or sent to: The need to protect the environment of the Firth of Forth Map showing Local Protected Sites 29 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm has been an important part of the study. One of the Holiday Inn, Queensferry Road, Edinburgh Forth Replacement Crossing objectives against which all options have been appraised is: 29 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm 6th Floor ‘Minimise the impact on people, the natural environment Buchanan House and the cultural heritage of the Forth area.’ Best Western Queens Hotel, Perth 58 Port Dundas Road 30 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Glasgow These environmental features, many of which are Best Western Braid Hills, Braid Road, Edinburgh G4 0HF protected under legislation, will be carefully considered 30 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm during the design of the crossing working closely with The closing date for feedback is Friday 7th September 2007. organisations such as Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish BLCC, Halbeath, Dunfermline Environment Protection Agency and Historic Scotland. 31 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm Uphall Community Centre, Uphall 31 Aug 2007 10am to 8pm An introduction to the Forth Replacement Crossing
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