Forth ferry link to Kirkcaldy is back on councils' agenda

Plans for a Forth crossing linking Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy are back on the table-18 years after a hovercraft trial sparked huge interest.

- by Allan Crow

A new £27,000 feasibility study has been completed and will be presented to the town's councillors, who can consider the next step.

But the big difference between now and the original pilot project is that politicians either side of the Forth are on board.

In 2007, Edinburgh was less than lukewarm about a proposed hovercraft service from the Lang Toun into Portobello and that effectively killed off the proposal.