The bid for World Heritage Status was taken forward by the Forth Bridges Forum, established by the Scottish Government to promote the three Forth Bridges.

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Scottish Labour transport spokesman Des McNulty offered "constructive" support to the abolition of tolls on the Forth and Tay bridges, but stressed the need to tackle congestion and address the requirement for a new Forth crossing.

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And it was the right thing to do to try to rebuild our infrastructure and put people back to work building roads and bridges and so forth.

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The Celebration of the Bridges will include a flotilla of boats on the Forth and a major free fireworks display.

BBC: Forth Road Bridge

Negotiate back and forth, depending on which company you want to end up with and how many bridges you want to burn.

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