THE controversial scheme to upgrade over 40 miles of the Bridgewater Canal towpath into a cycle track, named the Bridgewater Way has started.
At a cost of £8 millions it will upgrade the last remaining canal 'no cycling' towpath into a fast cycleway, with its backers claiming it will attracted 500,000 people a year!
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THE Huddersfield Narrow Canal is closed owing to a severe leak of water from the canal into a culvert on the East side of the tunnel.
The waterway is now closed between locks 22E and Lock 42E, and boaters approaching from Huddersfield must wind at the winding hole before Lock 22E. No passage is allowed past this winding hole.
The waterway is at present dewatered between Lock 27E and 32E. If you have a tunnel booking in the next week, please contact the Business Support Team on 0113 2816860
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IT HAS been announced today (Wednesday) that BW is proposing an internal restructure of its operations in England and Wales with the creation of 11 smaller waterway units, the removal of a layer of management and approximately 100 redundancies from office staff.
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STOURBRIDGE Canal has been closed again, and de-watered at the site of the recent breach.
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His theme was the present 'spendaholic' Government 'which wasted billions of taxpayers money on a swarm of unaccountable quangos that has infested our country under Labour'.
He picked out individuals on high salaries, including Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards on £400,000 and British Waterways Board bosses Robin Evans, Nigel Johnson, James Froomberg and Phillip Ridal, whose combined salaries, he commented reach £900,000, which was enough to employ 30 nurses.
However, David should get himself better advisers, for James Froomberg, for one, left that position last year.- Details
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ELEVATE, the housing market renewal for Pennine Lancashire, has earmarked over £9 millions of Government funding to regenerate housing in Pendle, much by the side of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
How the money should be spent is now being discussed, with much of it going towards canalside development on the Brierfield Canal Corridor site.
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Volunteers and veterinary surgeons at the Yorkshire Swan Rescue Hospital, based at Brandsby, near York, have seen 27 swans injured so far this month as a result of dumped fishermen’s lines and hooks in the Ouse.
The same problem as been found on the Selby Canal with fishing lines and hooks discarded by anglers.
The charity workers had to launch their rescue boat for a third time in a week on the Ouse last Friday when they were alerted to a severely injured nesting swan near to Naburn Lock.
The swan was found suffering with a triple-barbed fishing lure lodged in its neck, and line wrapped tightly around its wings and feet. It was treated on the banks of the Ouse and was later returned to it’s waiting mate and eggs.
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This project will undertake the development work needed to test the feasibility of rebuilding a working Inclined Plane. This, it is believed, would provide a landmark attraction of national importance and aim to increase annual visitor numbers to half a million by 2016.
James Clifton, Regeneration Manager at British Waterways enthused:
"We are delighted that the study is to be supported. Assuming that we have a positive result and get over the relevant hurdles, the project could commence on site in five years and be delivered in two more."
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