canal restoration projects

  • How engineers kept waterways alive through stormy winter

    How engineers kept waterways alive through stormy winter

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    THE Canal & River Trust has put the finishing touches to its substantial winter programme of repairs aimed at safeguarding the nation’s historic waterways. The multi-million-pound maintenance operation, carried out between November and March to avoid the peak boating season, this year centred on replacing more than 100 worn-out lock gates, each nearing the end…

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  • Trust accused of ‘abandoning restoration’ as flagship projects stall

    Trust accused of ‘abandoning restoration’ as flagship projects stall

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    The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has challenged the Canal & River Trust’s draft Restoration Delivery Plan, arguing that restoration is being treated as a low priority. The organisation says several major projects have stalled and has raised concerns about new financial and administrative requirements for volunteer restoration groups. IWA challenges Restoration Delivery Plan THE IWA…

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