Adrian Stott wrote: > The practice of tying to the bank protection worries me. It isn't > designed to take the strains involved. I'm not surprised you found > quite a lot of it to be "bent and battered". After the time it takes > to get BW to install the stuff, I hate to see it being pulled loose so > soon.
People may have noticed the problems at Meaford on the T&M where the edge between the two middle locks has been closed off with the ubiquitous orange netting after the pilings had moved quite a way. Apparently the problem was caused by the pilings not having been put in deeply enough. The flow of water down that pound is very fast when the lock is emptied and the movement of boats tied up had started to pull the pilings out of the ground. The solution is apparently going to be to drive in new 3m long pilings. Steve NB Bream
