Growing list of missed deadlines...
AUGUST 30, 2017 Queensferry Crossing opens to traffic.
NOVEMBER 30, 2017 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says ‘three to six months of snagging work’ needed. DECEMBER 1-6, 2017 Crossing partially closed for resurfacing work. MAY 23, 2018 Former Minister Keith Brown says ‘snagging must be completed by September [2018]’. DECEMBER 5, 2018 Transport Secretary Michael Matheson says work ‘should be’ finished in 2019.
MARCH 13, 2019 He claims ‘contractors intend to complete remaining snagging work this year’.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019 Mr Matheson says snagging is ‘on track to be completed by the end of this year’.
DECEMBER 3, 2019 He then claims the ‘contractor expects to complete snagging by end of this year’. FEBRUARY 16, 2020
Transport Scotland admits finishing works are ‘largely’ complete.