WITH Canal & River Trust (CaRT) spending £800,000 to repair the failure of Buckland Lock on the Aylesbury Arm, it is little wonder that a boater is asking for an engineering report as to its cause, (Victor: What caused the failure?), writes Allan Richards.
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THOUGH a newspaper proclaimed the proposed High Speed rail network (HS2) will carve up the canal network, it will do nothing of the sort—but simply cross them, there being no likelihood of an established and navigable waterway being 'carved up'.
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THOUGH money is not available for proper maintenance of the Mon & Brec, money is being spent on completely unconnected stretches, that seems completely crazy, as David Davis explains:
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FELLOW boaters and family of liveaboard boater Elaine Harrison are extremely worried about her continued disappearance from Castle Marina on the Nottingham Canal.
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THE Canal & River Trust has been unveiled as ‘Charity of the Year' by People's Postcode Lottery, it was announced today, Friday.
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WITH the increasing frequency of asset and infrastructure failure since since Canal & River Trust (CaRT) succeeded British Waterways, an announcement that that the Mon & Brec at Llanfoist (between bridges 93 and 97) was closed for safety reasons on 7th January due to embankment movement has passed almost unnoticed, writes Allan Richards.
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BOATERS who cruise the Birmingham canals must be aware that it seems to be the Mecca for unsightly and poorly executed graffiti, but the city is fighting back as can be seen from the mural unveiled this week.
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IT IS the Mayor of Lancaster, Councillor June Ashworth, who will officially launch Glasson Mobile Marine Services, a call-out boat breakdown service.
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THE Canal & River Trust has had to pay a staggering £1.4 millions to clear its Knostrop Wharf warehouse of waste after its predecessor, British Waterways legal department let out the premises without first securing any type of bond.
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