Queensferry Crossing

04/12/2020

The Queensferry Crossing has been closed to vehicular traffic in both directions due to 'ongoing weather conditions', including falling ice and snow.

05/11/2020

The Scottish Government’s winter service provision for its trunk road network will include a record number of gritters and ice sensors for the Queensferry Crossing.

11/08/2020

The Queensferry Crossing will partially close overnight this weekend to allow for the final calibration of structural health monitoring sensors.

11/02/2020

The Queensferry Crossing has been closed following reports of ice falling on vehicles, despite a ministerial assurance just three months ago that such incidents are ‘very rare’ and that monitoring equipment would be fitted.

16/04/2019

Galliford Try has announced a strategic review that will reduce the size of its construction business following worsening financial performance, including on two major Scottish road projects.

06/08/2018

Auditors have praised Transport Scotland for its management of the project to build the new Queensferry Crossing, which opened late last year but came in at least £110m under budget.

10/06/2016

The Queensferry Crossing in Scotland will open five months later than planned.

29/04/2016

A 60-year-old worker has been killed after he was hit by the boom of a crane he was directing on the Queensferry Crossing project in Scotland.

15/12/2015

Work on the Queensferry Crossing in Scotland is progressing well with over a quarter of the bridge deck now in place.

27/01/2015

Construction of the Queensferry Crossing in Scotland is continuing to progress well with all three towers now standing at half of their final 210 metre height.

06/01/2015

Construction of the Queensferry Crossing in Scotland is on schedule and £195 million under budget.