LEAKING for many years, and the subject of many complaints from boaters, the lock gates at both Bank Newton and Gargrave on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are being repaired.
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THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal is closed for the rest of the month between Bridges 130 and 130A in Burnley.
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THE Veolia Environmental Trust, that gives money for community and environmental projects from the Landfill Fund has awarded the River Stour Trust £40,000 that will be used to install lock gates.
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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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