Monday 8 March
Today's news from the web
- Society plans restoration of 18th Century Devon canal news.bbc.co.uk
Teignbridge District Council has now sub-leased the land to the Stover Canal Trust, paving the way for full restoration plans to be drawn up. ...
- Grant to revitalise Manchester waterway newstartmag.co.uk
A revamped waterway and a new bridge are to form part of a £4.4m boost to the New Islington area of Manchester. Boaters will be able to moor in the area for the first time and a bridge and new paths and canal walkways will connect it to the neighbouring areas of Ancoats and Manchester city centre. ...
- New sea gates to be floated into Sharpness Docks waterscape.com
A set of massive sea gates is being installed at Sharpness Docks to replace the original steel guardians which have given safe passage to craft and held back the might of the sea for over 50 years. ...
- Speeding boater fined £4,600 visitthames.co.uk
A Buckinghamshire boater will have to pay out over £4,600 after being prosecuted for failing to navigate a boat at a safe speed and without due care and caution along the River Thames. ...
- Actress Susan Penhaligon takes on Port of London Authority over mooring fees richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk
A star of stage and screen is hoping to gather a fleet of house boat owners to help sink an organisation which she claims is ruling the river. Susan Penhaligon, who moors her floating home on the River Thames, at Brentford, has labelled the Port of London Authority (PLA) “bully boys” for trying to force increased mooring fees amounting to thousands of pounds on boat owners across the borough and beyond. ...
- 2009 Port of London Trade lowest since 1992 server1.pla.co.uk
The Port of London Authority (PLA) says that trade through the Port of London in 2009 fell by 14% to 45 million tonnes, the lowest level since 1992. ...
- Canal water pledge on work at reservoir expressandstar.com
British Waterways is reassuring boaters, event organisers and waterside businesses that it is taking action to keep up water levels in local canals to make up for the loss of the feed from Chasewater. ...
Thursday 4 March
Today's news from the web
- 96 homes and canalside walks in pipeline for site theboltonnews.co.uk
As well as what they hope will be the greenest housing estate in the borough, developers also want to re-open a half-mile section of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal....
- Purton Hulks group meets culture secretary to seek help news.bbc.co.uk
English Heritage has been criticised over its attitude to the ships graveyard in Gloucestershire known as the Purton Hulks. ...
- Volunteers to clean a 14-mile stretch of the Rochdale halifaxcourier.co.uk
A TEAM of volunteers will take to the towpath for an ambitious clean-up project. They will tackle the 14-mile stretch of the Rochdale Canal from Walsden, Todmorden, to Sowerby Bridge, as part of the Stop Contamination Of Our Paths (SCOOP) campaign. ...