On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:40:48 -0000, Dave Wedd wrote: >From Hansard, 6.2.07, written answers: > >6 Feb 2007 : Column 763W >Barry Gardiner: British Waterways has made savings in the order of £5.6 >million in its capital projects as a result of the reduction in its grant in >aid. >Details of these savings are provided in the following table:
There are some disasters waiting to happen here, IMHO: >Roddlesworth Embankment, >Leeds and Liverpool Canal >300,000 deferred: Stemming of leakage >through embankment and raising the >height of the wash wall both deferred >Denham Culvert, Grand >Union Canal >174,000 deferred: In-depth investigation >into the integrity of the structure >deferred >Milton Keynes Culvert, Grand >Union Canal >176,000 deferred: Repairs to two >culverts deferred But, as I've said before, the best thing for BW to do - for us and for them - may well be to let a few spectacular failures occur, particularly when they can point at plans to prevent them that DEFRA scuppered. -- On-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) My Reply-To address *is* valid, though likely to die soon
