Fines loom for using wrong bridge

Drivers who illegally use the Forth Road Bridge are set to be hit by a £50 fine.

Motorists have been caught on camera using the old bridge rather than the new Queensferry Crossing, which opened last year as a replacement.

One year on from the opening of the Queensferry Crossing, police are set to fine drivers who wrongly cross after allowing an adjustment period for drivers to get used to the new layout. The Forth Road Bridge is now a public transport corridor for only taxis, buses and bikes.

Tim Shalcross, from road safety group IAM Roadsmart, said the delays on the Queensferry Road had led to some drivers deliberately flaunting the rules.

He said: “There are plenty of warning signs and drivers ought to have more consideration. That said, the Queensferry Crossing was supposed to be the solution to all traffic ills, but it’s had nothing but rectifying work going on since it opened.”

Local Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-hamilton said: “I think there was an expectation that when the Queensferry Crossing opened it would make life easierforcommuters,butthat has not been the case. We see that day in and day out.”