Editing Forth Road Bridge (section)

===Abolition===
When an [[Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament|SNP minority government]] was formed after the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|Scottish parliamentary election of May 2007]], a new debate on the abolition of tolls was opened by Transport Minister [[Stewart Stevenson]] on 31 May 2007, and the abolition was agreed by a large majority. Annual toll income at that point totalled £16,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/bridge_tolls_scrapped_by_the_end_of_the_year_1_749710 |title=Bridge tolls 'scrapped by the end of the year' – Politics |publisher=scotsman.com |date=1 June 2007 |access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref>

The Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 3 September 2007, passed on 20 December 2007, and received royal assent on 24 January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/01-AbolitionBridgeTolls/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112154009/http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/s3/bills/01-AbolitionBridgeTolls/index.htm|url-status=dead|title="Abolition of Bridge Tolls (Scotland) Bill" Scottish Parliament.|archive-date=12 January 2008}}</ref> The tolls were removed on 11 February 2008 at 00:01&nbsp;GMT.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/date_set_for_bridge_tolls_to_be_removed_1_1242938 |title=Date set for bridge tolls to be removed – Politics |publisher=scotsman.com |date=30 January 2008 |access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> The abolition of the tolls was enacted immediately after a major reconstruction of the northbound toll plaza was completed.<ref>Granted planning permission in August 2006</ref>