§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the annual cost of abolishing all trunk road bridge tolls in Scotland. [19795]
§ Mr. Dewar[holding answer 12 December 1997]: As this matter is not under consideration, no estimate of the cost of abolition has been made. Such costs in respect of the Erskine and Skye Bridges, the only tolled bridges on trunk roads in Scotland, would be calculated in terms of the contracts that exist between The Scottish Office and the operators of the bridges. The Scottish Office would also incur the on-going costs of maintaining the bridges.