FERRY FIASCO: 2 ferries to be worth £70m each, yet yard had nearly £400m taxpayers' money

SCOTS taxpayers will be forced to pay nearly £400 million for two ferries worth just £70 million each when they're finally finished, it emerged today.

The scandal-hit vessels for public-owned Calmac were meant to cost a total of £97 million and be delivered in 2018 - but they have been hit by a series of setbacks, with communities still relying on an ageing fleet.

It was revealed last month that taxpayers now face paying around £175 million per ferry, with the final bill possibly running to the equivalent of £200 million each.

And today, project boss David Tydeman - chief exec of Scottish Government-owned Ferguson Marine - admitted to MSPs that the market price for the vessels would be around £70 million.
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