Ministers today updated the Scottish Parliament on the 'significant benefits' being delivered to Scottish firms and the Scottish economy through the Forth Replacement Crossing project.

Transport Minister Keith Brown said: "The FRC is the biggest transport infrastructure project in Scotland for a generation and is being built on time and on budget. The main Forth Replacement Crossing contractors have confirmed the project is currently directly employing 384 people on site, and at its peak the project will directly support 1,200 jobs.

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"These figures don’t take into account the significant number of people who will be working for the 222 Scottish firms – and that figure is expected to grow significantly over the coming years- currently working in the subcontracting and supply chain for the project.

"As of 15 February, the three main contractors appointed to deliver the project have advised Transport Scotland that around £23 million of subcontracts have already been awarded to Scottish companies and around £13 million of supply orders. We are currently 10 months into a 6-year construction period and there are many more subcontract and supply order opportunities to come – but already 222 Scottish firms have risen to the challenge of working on this iconic project, and 870 out of 1,041 supply orders awarded on the Principal Contract have gone to Scottish companies: 84 per cent of the total."

(GK)