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Motion · S4M-13751 · 9 Jul 2015

Forth Bridge World Heritage Status

Lodged by Colin Keir Standard Motion 27 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the decision by UNESCO at its meeting in Bonn on 5 July 2015 to designate the Forth Bridge as a World Heritage site; notes that the bridge is Scotland's sixth recipient of this prestigious award, alongside Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns, St Kilda, New Lanark, the Antonine Wall and Neolithic Orkney; congratulates the Forth Bridges Forum on what it considers the major part that it played in taking the application forward, as well as the community groups and government agencies that also played a role; welcomes what it believes will be the subsequent economic impact that will come from tourism and other visitors; notes that it was designed by Benjamin Baker and John Fowler and built by the main contractor, William Arrol; believes that it remains an icon of both Scottish engineering and of high-international significance; acknowledges that, while the awarding of this status is a cause for celebration, 57 workers died between 1883 and 1890 while it was being constructed; welcomes this status being awarded on the 125th anniversary of the opening of bridge, and considers this highly appropriate ahead of 2016 being named as Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.

Supporters (27)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.