The cost of making long-awaited upgrades to the Avon Gorge has now reached £70 million - making the project "unaffordable" without significant government help.
Members of Falkirk Council' s executive heard on Tuesday that Falkirk now hopes to reach an agreement with West Lothian Council and Transport Scotland that will put them in a position to apply for any more UK Government Levelling Up funding that might be released.
The most recent review of costs, in 2020, had suggested that improvements to the steep, narrow road through the gorge would cost around £50 million. Since then, however, changes to technical standards have made the plans out of date.
-copy-29e15046.jpeg?w=600)
