The frontrunners in the poll to name the new Forth crossing have been revealed.
With only days to go until voting ends, and with more than 29,000 votes already cast, three candidates have emerged from the shortlist of five names drawn up by an independent panel from the thousands of unique entries submitted by the public last winter.
At present the leaders in strictly alphabetical order are the Caledonia Bridge, the Queensferry Crossing and St Margaret’s Crossing.
Ladbrokes offered odds of 2/1 on Queensferry, 7/4 on St Margaret’s and Caledonia evens. Only three days remain for the public to cast their vote to name the £1.6 billion Forth Replacement Crossing before voting closes at midnight this Friday.
In a phenomenal response thousands of people have voted since Minister for Transport Keith Brown announced the shortlist of five names on April 29.
Mr Brown revealed that more than 29,000 votes have been cast so far by the public to find the most popular name.
“In the first 24 hours of voting we received more than 17,500 votes so there is still time to influence the outcome and choose the name for Scotland’s biggest infrastructure project in a generation.”
But the Transport Minister said with several days of voting left it would be “fantastic” to see more people across Scotland get involved.
“More votes could still see the other names Firth of Forth Crossing and Saltire Crossing move ahead.”