THE Forth Road Bridge is closed due to a Greenpeace protest, police have said. Officers are in attendance and engaging with those involved.
The international team of activists abseiled from the bridge to block an Ineos tanker from delivering its cargo of fracked American gas to Grangemouth.
The protest was reported at around 1.05pm on Friday.
"Please avoid the area," police said.
Users of the Forth Road Bridge have been advised to use the Queensferry Crossing instead.
The action comes less than a fortnight before governments meet in Geneva, Switzerland, for the sixth and final round of negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty (August 5-14).
Greenpeace is calling for these talks to agree to a cut in global plastic production of at least 75% by 2040, and for the UN to exclude lobbyists from Ineos and other fossil fuels companies from the treaty negotiations.
West Lothian Council has said: "For anyone who is planning on travelling over the Forth Road Bridge today by bus, taxi or by foot, the Forth Road Bridge is closed due to a protest reported to police around 1.05pm on Friday, 25 July.
"Officers are in attendance and engaging with those involved. Police are asking the public to please avoid the area."
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