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TPT January 2025

  • SAVED: ‘At risk’ Aqueduct

    SAVED: ‘At risk’ Aqueduct

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    AN AT-RISK aqueduct has been saved from falling into disrepair after Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal and River Trust in Wales, stepped in. The Grade-II Listed Aberbechan Aqueduct on the Montgomery Canal has had extensive repairs which should ensure its survival for the next 200 years.  The aqueduct carries the canal over Bechan Brook, a tributary…

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  • BROADS AUTHORITY: 5.9% fee increase

    BROADS AUTHORITY: 5.9% fee increase

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    THOUSANDS of boat owners and Norfolk Broads waterway businesses will pay an extra 5.9% in navigation fees this coming year. The Broads Authority agreed the rise but has set a budget which will mean cuts in its own services. It has contacted the Environment Minister Steve Reed for help, saying its current model of funding…

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  • CLIMATE CHANGE: £85m bill

    CLIMATE CHANGE: £85m bill

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    THE Canal & River Trust spent £85m in the last financial year on waterway maintenance and repairs, emergency works following floods and storms, and upgrades to reservoirs. In its annual Boater Report, the charity revealed it spent a total of £208.6m in 2023/24 out of income of £237.3m. That included £49m on maintenance and repair…

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  • WATERWAYS IMPORTANCE AWARENESS: MPs form group

    WATERWAYS IMPORTANCE AWARENESS: MPs form group

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    THE importance of the nation’s waterways could move higher up the political agenda thanks to the formation of a new cross-party group of MPs in Westminster. The Waterways All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) hosted its inaugural meeting in parliament recently, chaired by Labour MP for Sefton Central Bill Esterson.  The Inland Waterways Association hopes the 21-strong…

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  • NO MYSTERY: The new face of the Avon Navigation Trust

    NO MYSTERY: The new face of the Avon Navigation Trust

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    CHART star and actress Toyah Willcox is the new patron of Avon Navigation Trust, with part of her role to try to bring young people to the waterways. The Worcestershire-based star, who has shone on stage, screen, in the pop charts and more recently on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, has taken time out to sprinkle…

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