MEMBERS of the public are being given a last chance to become part of the history of the Queensferry Crossing.
The final call has been made for people to participate in the Frame the Bridge digital photo mosaic project for which entries will close in April.
The call was made just a week after the 10th anniversary of the formal initiation of the entire scheme – it was on December 19, 2007 that the Forth Replacement Crossing project was announced to Parliament.
The Queensferry Crossing was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen on September 4, when just over 70,000 visitors from local schools, local communities, the rest of Scotland and further afield were hosted during four opening events.
Participants in the bridge walk raised a combined £100,000 via the charity registration option on the registration website and there were 48,000 views of specially produced videos from the various opening events on YouTube,
The project’s Frame the Bridge digital photo campaign kicked off in 2015 and has over 2000 entries to date.
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said: “December 19 marked 10 years to the day since the Forth Replacement Crossing project was announced to Parliament. Meaning that in just 120 months this world-class bridge has been designed, developed, approved by Act of Parliament, procured, constructed and is now operational. What a remarkable achievement this is.
“Frame the Bridge has been one of a number of innovative ways we’ve successfully engaged the public’s overwhelming interest and identification with their new bridge. What better way to demonstrate this than create this interactive image of the bridge comprised of their selfies and pictures of their loved ones and friends.
“Well over 2000 visitors and workers have submitted their selfies in the last two years or so. Such is the interest in the project. There have been 614 entries since the opening week back in late August and they are still coming in.
“We’re keen as many people as possible get involved with this document of a shared moment in history which will be looked back on by future generations. To this end, we’re giving plenty of notice that submissions will close in April 2018. This gives everyone – especially families with kids – three separate school holidays to visit and put ‘yourselfie’ in the picture.”
Options for displaying the final mosaic are being considered and more detail will be announced in due course.
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