Canals and waterwaysEdgbaston Reservoir (Rotton Park) and were provided with full access to the reservoir's last two independent inspection reports. Their interest in this reservoir appears has less to do with safety but more concerns to do with its proximity to a large built-up area.
Lawrence Hogg This sort of issue was one discussed at the SOW meeting yesterday - the concern being that if a canal structure was seen as being at risk of breaching, the 'lay' response would be to dewater the canal and remove the risk. However, it was pointed out that in many cases, the affected canal has become integrated into local drainage or water supply arrangements so dewatering would not be possible. Actually, I can only assume that the Blow-up Bridge incident is not part of Al-Qaida's bedtime reading. If I was Osama bin Laden, I'd hire a boat (probably under a different name), take up the ballast slabs and stack them against the windows to provide shrapnel, fill the cabin up with fertilizer mix, moor it up outside the Mailbox, light the blue touchpaper and retire before BW slapped an overstaying notice on it. Should make the local news. Sean
