Tuesday 16 June

Today's news from the web

BW pleads guilty in Severn diver death case thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

Massive fines could be handed out to two companies after they admitted failings in the run up to a diver's death at a lock near Tewkesbury. ...

Meet the Dursley man transforming Stroud's canals gazetteseries.co.uk

A DURSLEY civil engineer is looking forward to project managing the Stroud Waterway canal regeneration project and says he is proud to work on a project that will benefit the whole of the district. ...
Canal Street, Manchester - proposed improvements to Lock 86 penninewaterways.co.uk

Bw has responded to criticisms by saying that there was always an intention to make improvements to Lock 86 to make it safer to operate when the only access is by boat. ...
New moorings will open at Gloucester Quays next week. thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

New moorings will be opened next week to allow boat owners to make the most of the new Gloucester Quays developments. ...
Falkirk's canal opens gates to bold new vision falkirkherald.co.uk

The development would see the creation of houses, flats and penthouses, revamped businesses and commercial areas, a marina complex and water space, and mooring facilities along the banks of the Forth and Clyde Canal. ...
OBE for IWA's John Fletcher penninewaterways.co.uk

Tireless north-west canals campaigner John Fletcher has been awarded an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. ...
Exclusive preview of how Worcester's riverside may look berrowsjournal.co.uk

This image gives an exclusive preview of what Worcester’s waterfront will look like after the completion of an £800,000 regeneration project. ...

Skyscrapers for bats on the L&L news.bbc.co.uk

A high-rise tower for animals in the industrial heartland of Leeds is offering a unique solution to the decline of urban wildlife. Can it work? ...
New moorings and a supermarket come to Gloucester Docks waterscape.com

Next Wednesday sees the opening of the new Sainsbury’s store on the Llantony side of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. British Waterways has chosen the same morning to celebrate the opening of two new visitor moorings to help boaters get the most out of the new facilities. ...

Three Mills Lock opens to traffic nce.co.uk

The Three Mills Lock - also known as Prescott Lock - has opened to traffic, the first new lock to be built in London for more than 20 years. ...
Barges to become wharf homes wharf.co.uk

A group of five historic barges are to be converted into restaurants and residential units for the Docklands area. ...
Cyclist falls into lock thisisbath.co.uk

A 40-year-old cyclist had a lucky escape after falling from a canal lock at Pulteney Road in Bath. ...
Canalside skyscraper in Stroud stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk

Construction work for a £20million 10-storey canalside landmark tower is expected to start in the heart of Stroud this year. ...
Approval for homes at canalside site in Smethwick birminghampost.net

A £42 million scheme to regenerate a canalside site in Smethwick has secured planning consent for a project which will bring 193 new homes to the town’s industrial heartland. Regeneration partnership PxP West Midlands has received outline planning permission for Brindley Village II, an 11-acre site next to the five-year-old Brindley Village I development in the area north of the Birmingham Mainline canal. ...

Boat festival at Tardebigge to celebrate 40th anniversary redditchadvertiser.co.uk

Worcester Birmingham Canal Society is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend with a boat festival at Tardebigge. ...
Lomond Canal set to go boatingbusiness.com

A timetable has been set for the creation of the new Lomond Canal, which is intended to resolve the flooding problems along the Strathleven Corridor and bring tourism and jobs into the area....
Piggy’s bacon saved by mid-river rescue richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk

A one-eyed dog was saved from drowning by quick-thinking boaters on the River Thames. ...
Dinghy Dawdle in Powys shropshirestar.com

Extreme weather conditions left 40 brave crews battling to stay afloat on a Powys waterway at an event to promote the canal. ...

Plans to develop canal corridor in Falkirk news.stv.tv

Plans to redevelop the Tamfourhill area of Falkirk into a canal corridor have been unveiled. ...
Three Mills Lock opens news.bbc.co.uk

Boats are beginning to pass through a restored stretch of waterway giving access to east London's Olympic site. ...

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