tpt January 2023

New year brings fresh ideas and opportunities

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December 30, 2022

FOR many of us, the new year will see us set ourselves a series of resolutions that we don’t always keep up. This year set yourself one that you will enjoy continuing with, if you find the right setting, right people and right times for yourself. Let IWA help you find these and help you…
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Funding secured for next stage of Lichfield Canal restoration

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December 29, 2022

THE Lichfield Canal will move a step closer to restoration with funding of £116,200 secured for work at the Darnford Moors section of the canal. Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) will use the money to create an ecology park. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is providing £41,200 of the grant, with match…
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Winter works at Wigan

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Colin Wareing

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December 28, 2022

EMERGENCY repairs have been taking place at Poolstock Lock No 2 on the Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Wigan in a bid to reduce water leakage. Pipework from the pumps used to pump water around the lock had to be removed, as was the safety fencing and then a fibre dam…
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