Stoppage No 1 starts the new year
Published: Friday, 03 January 2025
THIS TIME it is the navigation on the North Stratford Canal that is closed.
It is the Shirley Drawbridge that has failed, yesterday, Thursday 2nd, Keith Gudgin reports.
Tampering with the trunking
The mechanism has failed we are told, but with another new reason/excuse back to vandals getting the blame our being told: 'The tampering with the trunking on the asset has caused the bridge mechanism to fail.
It now requires an engineer to 'assess the damage and deliver a repair'. This drawbridge broke on the 1st of August and the 4th of September last year, but there was no mention of vandals.