Letter: Forth figures
It includes all the costs of our main contractors, FCBC (which includes Scottish-based Morrison Construction) over the six-year construction period.
The £20m share of subcontracts already awarded to Scottish firms is just the beginning.
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Hide AdThere will be many more subcontract opportunities advertised on the Public Contracts Scotland website throughout the coming months and years of this exciting and vital project.
In addition, 870 out of 1,041 supply orders awarded on the principal contract have already gone to Scottish companies.
I am delighted that Scottish innovation, ingenuity and enterprise is already securing work related to the new crossing and other major projects.
I do hope that in future any debate over this vital project will be better informed and that we can start to appreciate that this is a massive opportunity for all of Scotland, an iconic project that we can be proud of for many reasons, not least creating and securing Scottish jobs.
Alex Neil MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Scottish Parliament