TRANSPORT bosses have revealed plans for an "expensive" ice prevention system for Scotland's showpiece road bridge were dumped to save money. And yesterday it emerged that Scottish Government-funded Transport Scotland have reviewed bridges across the world as part of efforts to prevent ice forming on the Crossing. And it said that its understanding of the phenomenon "should continue to improve, as the weather sensors gather data from future incidents". But Transport Scotland confirmed that the system was not expected to be fully operational until later in 2020. Both Bear and Transport Scotland did not to respond questions about how much the ice prevention system previously considered would cost and what it involved.

Source: The Herald December 29, 2020 05:03 UTC