Political positions on the replacement Forth crossing

With the general election campaign in full swing, we explore each political parties stance on the Forth replacement crossing.

SNP
The Scottish National Party pledge that the Forth replacement crossing project is firmly protected from cuts to public expenditure. From their own press release on their party manifesto, they claim they will: “protect policies like free personal care, concessionary travel, the SNP Government’s £1.25 billion investment in new schools and the Forth Replacement Crossing”.

Labour
The labour position is not much different from the SNP’s with the party stating in it’s notes on the manifesto that it will build a replacement Forth crossing. Strangely it makes no mention of the new bridge in it’s actual manifesto.

Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats make no mention of the new forth crossing in their manifesto

Conservatives
The Scottish Conservatives are also in favour of a new Forth Crossing, with their manifesto stating that “We support the construction of a new Forth crossing which needs to be recognised as the most pressing transport priority in Scotland.”

Green Party
The Scottish Green Party is the only party politically opposed to the bridge. On their website they state that they want to “fix the bridge, save billions”. They urge that following the review into cable detoriation on the old bridge, they could be repaired and replaced for just a fraction of the cost.