AS THE pound between locks 41 and 42 needs to be kept drained until the hole appearing in the bed of the canal has been repaired, the navigation is obviously closed.
A section of a wall requires to be taken down to be able to get to the leak which will then be sealed and a new footing installed before the wall can be rebuilt.
Two weeks
It has been calculated that this will take two weeks to accomplish, with the waterway remaining closed until completed.
Work will start today Monday, with the canal reopening on Friday 25th March.