Monday 8 March
Today's news from the web
- 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. ...
Tuesday 2 March
Today's news from the web
- Multi-million pound canal marina scheme gets go-ahead thisiswiltshire.co.uk
A multi-million pound scheme to create a marina for canal boats near Rowde has been granted permission by Wiltshire Council. ...
Thursday 25 February
Today's news from the web
- New plans for Ulverston canal nwemail.co.uk
The Ulverston Canal could be revitalised by a company set up specifically to maintain the redundant waterway....
- Pleasure boat skipper jailed over drowning of partygoer thisislondon.co.uk
A pleasure boat skipper has been jailed for an “unforgivable” error that resulted in a partygoer drowning in the Thames. ...
- Worcester towpath cycleway almost ready to roll road.cc
The first section of a 4.5 mile cycleway on a towpath near Worcester is about to open for business. ...
- Marina near Rowde is all set to go ahead gazetteandherald.co.uk
Plans for a 248-berth marina at Lower Foxhangers Farm near Rowde have been recommended for approval. ...
Wednesday 24 February
Today's news from the web
- We know people dump rubbish in the canal but this is ridiculous thestar.co.uk
Waterways staff are well used to plucking kebab cartons and burger wrappers from canals...but they were baffled when they were called to retrieve a whole takeaway trailer from the water. ...
Tuesday 23 February
Today's news from the web
- Action pledge on abusive narrow boat owners thisisnottingham.co.uk
Rowdy and abusive narrowboat owners across the county will be targeted by council control teams. ...
Monday 22 February
Today's news from the web
- Work started on £2million marina northamptonchron.co.uk
Work has begun on a scheme to build a £2 million boating marina in the middle of Northampton. Experts from the Environment Agency moved on to Becket's Park this week to remove a number of rotten and dangerous trees close to the park's former boating lake. ...
- Concern over canal towpath rochdaleonline.co.uk
Littleborough Civic Trust has raised concerns that the Rochdale Canal towpath is to be a hard surface. ...
- Plan to block housing on Leeds canal wharves news.bbc.co.uk
Canal wharves in Leeds would be earmarked for industrial use to protect them from housing developments if city council proposals get the go-ahead. ...
- Carshalton rower lucky to be alive after collision yourlocalguardian.co.uk
Rower Andrew Jones is lucky to be alive after a 124ft catamaran crashed into his old-fashioned wooden cutter boat on the river Thames. Mr Jones, from Carshalton, was training for a 480-mile London-to-Paris charity rowing challenge, when a catamaran ferry chopped his boat in half leaving him swimming for his life near the London Eye. ...
- Standedge Fleet takes a trip to Liverpool waterwaynews.blogspot.com
The entire Standedge Tunnel fleet took off on a journey to Liverpool last week! The nine-year old vessels will undergo repairs and maintenance, including some plating work to the hulls....
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