Wednesday 6 March
Today's news from the web
- The Forth & Clyde Canal's art once had greater Emin-style eminence heraldscotland.com
Letter in Glasgow Herald: David J Crawford congratulates whoever is responsible for the extensive community art on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal ( Letters, March 4) and enthuses over haphazard detritus, the variety of soft drink and lager cans diffused by the fluorescent blues of plastic cider bottles. But these are insipid and unimaginative compared to the glorious art we had before the Millenium regeneration of the canal when three-piece suites, fridges, other white goods, supermarket trollies, bicycles, the odd motorcycle and even a partly-submerged Morris Traveller could be viewed on the stretch between Bowling and Maryhill. I blame the decline in creativity on misguided environmental initiatives. R Russell Smith....
- Go-ahead for Liverpool waterfront skyscraper development independent.co.uk
English Heritage expressed its disappointment today after Communities Secretary Eric Pickles gave the go-ahead to a controversial skyscraper development on the banks of the Mersey fuelling fears that Liverpool’s historic waterfront will now be stripped of its World Heritage Status. Britain could now become only the third country to lose the prestigious inscription when the World Heritage Committee meets in Cambodia in June after placing the city’s mercantile Pier Head area on the in-danger register last year. Architectural groups have warned that plans for the £5.5bn high rise development on the site of derelict dockland will create a Dubai-style skyline which will dwarf Liverpool’s Three Graces buildings....
Tuesday 5 March
Today's news from the web
- Derbyshire MP: ‘Chesterfield Canal sunk by £33 billion HS2 train’ derbyshiretimes.co.uk
Letter from Natascha Engel, MP for NE Derbyshire, to the Derbyshire Times, 5th March: "Chesterfield Canal has always been very special to me. After I was elected in 2005, my first official engagement as MP was to take part in the Chesterfield Canal celebrations at Tapton Lock. "But the High Speed Rail link from London to Leeds (HS2) has put a stop to all of that. The plans were announced and the route unveiled last month. Canals and railways have traditionally always worked together. Now, for the first time, the railway is working against the canal..."...
Monday 25 February
Today's news from the web
- WWII 'Idle Women' canal poster girl Audrey Harper found in Tasmania abc.net.au
An international search for the famous poster girl of the WWII British home front effort has ended in a Hobart, Tasmania, nursing home. At 22, Audrey Harper put her Swiss finishing school behind her for the physically demanding and dirty work of a canal woman. She spent almost three years ferrying coal and war supplies. "It was probably some of the best years of my life," she said. Researchers have been looking for the war effort poster girl for years, finally tracing the 91-year-old to her Hobart nursing home....
Sunday 24 February
Today's news from the web
- Ripon Marina moorings to become residential ripongazette.co.uk
Moorings at Ripon’s racecourse marina have been given the green light to become the site of permanent barge homes. Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the application by British Waterways Marinas Ltd to change the use of 18 moorings at the site to form full residential mooring status....
Friday 22 February
Today's news from the web
- Residents want W&B canal back in Swindon masterplan swindonadvertiser.co.uk
The grand plan for an overhaul of Swindon town centre could be set to get its own makeover – after consulted residents said they wanted the idea of a canal reinstated. The majority of about 100 respondents to Forward Swindon’s Masterplan consultation claimed they wanted to see the canal running through the pedestrianised town centre area, while much of the rest of the plan remains unchanged. The firm have been charged by Swindon Council with regenerating the town, and unveiled its view of the shape of things to come in around 10 to 15 years time, back in September at the Central Library, for public scrutiny....
Thursday 21 February
Today's news from the web
- 'Grand Western Canal bank breach was a disaster waiting to happen' thisisnorthdevon.co.uk
The potential failure of the water management system on the Grand Western Canal was discussed months before the devastating breach in November, a councillor says. Anglers, businesses and other custodians of the 199-year-old waterway had previously debated their concerns over the possibility of a disaster. Grand Western Canal breach in November Welcoming Devon County Council's decision to invest £3m in repairing, restoring and modernising the canal, Councillor Des Hannon said "important lessons were learnt" following the embankment collapse last which has left two incomplete sections of the waterway. Read more: http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Grand-Western-Canal-bank-breach-disaster-waiting/story-18190857-detail/story.html#ixzz2LYKC1YCi Follow us: @ThisisNDevon on Twitter | thisisnorthdevon on Facebook...
- Plans revealed for new water taxi stations on Manchester Ship Canal manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Town hall chiefs are splashing out on five new stations for the water taxi set to run between Manchester city centre and Salford Quays. The five pontoons for the so-called ‘waxi’ will dot the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Irwell – part of £3.1m transport improvements by Salford council including new cycle routes to MediaCity and the reopening of a footbridge across the Irwell....
- Harecastle tunnel offered for sale by the government bbc.co.uk
A disused Victorian railway tunnel in Staffordshire has been offered for sale by the government. The Harecastle railway tunnel at Kidsgrove was built in 1848 and has been disused since the 1960s. Railway historian Basil Jeuda said the tunnel was "an important link in the development of a national rail system". The Department of Transport said a sale will only be made to "a public body" able to take on the maintenance of the mile-long tunnel....
- Chesterfield Canal Trust demands discussions with HS2 officials itv.com
Chesterfield Canal Trust says it 'welcomes' news that discussions have been taking place between HS2 Ltd. and local authorities over the route of the new line between London and Leeds, but has warned the proposals 'serve to blight' further regeneration of the waterway. It comes after concerns were raised over the impact the line would have on the 300-year-old canal and amid claims the route was drawn up using out of date maps. HS2 Ltd. said the route is 'the Government's initial preferred route' and it is now able to 'address concerns about specific sites'....
- Canal work delay is harming business, says Apperley Bridge Marina owner thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
A marina owner is taking a compensation battle to an industry watchdog following delays to renovation work on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal after a 64-tonne crane tumbled into the water two weeks ago. Steve Wright said Apperley Bridge Marina had been landlocked since November as work is undertaken at Dobson Locks at one end and Field Locks at the other. But because of the accident and poor weather some of the maintenance is behind schedule....
Wednesday 20 February
Today's news from the web
- Pylon plans mean Montgomery Canal marina is put on hold shropshirestar.com
Developers have put on hold plans to create a canalside marina near Oswestry after learning it is in the path of a proposed 40,000 volt line of electricity pylons. National Grid wants feed electricity generated from wind farms in Mid Wales through Shropshire and into the national power network. But the proposed route comes near the Montgomeryshire Canal at Queens Head, where Morris Leisure wants to create a marina and other attractions in the hope of attracting thousands of tourists every year. Its plans are now on hold....
Tuesday 19 February
Leominster canal aqueduct collapses
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Monday 18 February
Today's news from the web
- Recovering crane from L&L canal at Apperley Bridge 'will be a big challenge’ thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
The “unusual challenge” of shifting a 64-ton crane which crashed into the Leeds-Liverpool Canal a week ago means no-one can say when it will be moved. The huge all-terrain machine, thought to be worth £500,000, was being used by the Canal & River Trust. It was doing preparation work to replace lock-gates at Dobson Locks at Apperley Bridge when the accident happened on Friday. The towpath collapsed under the weight of the Tadano Faun crane, which can lift 90 tons, in an accident the Trust said was “rare”....
- How much longer to wait for the Diglis Basin bridge to open? worcesternews.co.uk
A footbridge which is the missing link in a riverside revamp should be reopened as soon as possible, says a leading councillor. Derek Prodger, the city and county councillor for Worcester’s Bedwardine ward, says the bridge over Diglis Basin has been ready for use for more than a year after it was renovated by Taylor Wimpey as part of its development in the area. The walkway completes a circular riverside route which includes the new Diglis Bridge over the Severn, but Coun Prodger is concerned that it is not yet open to the public because of the delay caused by the Diglis Basin crossing. The bridge belongs to the Canal and River Trust, while the right of way over it is the responsibility of Worcestershire County Council. The council said it was working with the trust to overcome safety concerns, including putting up ‘cyclists dismount on dock bridge’ signs, to help the reopening process....
- Scottish Canals get heritage strategy to repair canalside buildings scotsman.com
They are part of the heritage of Scotland’s historic canals, yet for years have lain vacant or derelict. Now the public body responsible for safeguarding the nation’s inland waterways is to embark on an ambitious project to repair, maintain and re-use scores of important buildings. The plans are contained in the Heritage Strategy being drafted by Scottish Canals, which runs the country’s 137-mile canal network. Scottish Canals says 40 per cent of its buildings – around 100 properties – are ranked as nationally important scheduled monuments, but many have fallen into disuse....
- Chesterfield Canal 1-mile £230k resurfaced towpath at Worksop worksopguardian.co.uk
Walkers, cyclists, fishermen and anyone who visits the Chesterfield Canal at Worksop will soon benefit from an improved tow path. Work has already begun to resurface the busy stretch of path between the Lock Keeper pub on Sandy Lane and Worksop town centre, as part of a £231,000 project. The Canal & River Trust, which looks after the nations’s waterways, aims to provide everyone, including disabled visitors, a clean, green traffic-free route into Worksop. A grass verge will also be set aside along the length of the tow path for anglers. Almost 1.5km of the route will be modified. Work has started this week and will last around eight weeks....
- ‘Spring clean’ to bring fish back to Manchester Ship Canal manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Manchester Ship Canal is to get a new lease of life thanks to a £90m clean-up that will bring back fish to the historic waterway. The 36-mile canal, which opened in 1894, established Manchester as the country’s third largest port and opened up key trade routes across the world. Sewer systems of the era in Manchester meant waste water and rain flowed through pipes into watercourses including the canal. Over time, the water has taken its toll on the canal’s quality. Now a mammoth ‘spring clean’ aims to produce cleaner canal water – and the return of fish including bream, roach, perch and carp....
- 2,000+ turn out for Dowley Gap aqueduct walk on L&L Canal thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
More than 2,000 people took a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk along the bed of an historic aqueduct yesterday. In a UK first, a section of the 240-year-old Dowley Gap Aqueduct on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Bingley, which has been drained for repairs, was opened to the public. The open day, hosted by the Canal and River Trust, was postponed from January 27, when it had to be called off because of bad weather....
- Triumph for (Brentford tidal section) canal boat litigant on appeal ukhumanrightsblog.com
A boat owner has won his appeal against the British Waterways Board preventing him from mooring his boats alongside his land on a tidal stretch of the Grand Canal. Although he had no common law right to permanently moor the boats, he had committed no actionable wrong in doing so, and they were therefore not moored “without lawful authority” within the meaning of the British Waterways Act 1983. This judgment is an interesting and important endorsement of the principle in English law that everything is permitted except what is expressly forbidden. ...
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