"Neil Arlidge" <[email protected]> wrote: >Adrian Stott wrote:
>> some of the locks on the Great Ouse are not that wide (the >> narrowest is just over 3.1 m). Although EA has promised always to >> achieve at least 4.3 m when it rebuilds any of its locks. >> >> Adrian > >Which is a lot of good when they only half rebuild a lock, like at St Neots. The deal is that any lock rebuilding work EA does where the scope of the work is such that the dimensions of the lock could reasonably be altered will done so that the affected dimensions are at least large enough to accept craft with dimensions of 22 m (length) and 4.3 m (beam). At St Neots, only the chamber size (width) was being altered (to allow more boats to be handled per locking). The entrances/gates were not. So the altered chamber is now >= 4.3 m wide (IIRC). Of course, a vessel that wide won't be able to enter or leave the lock until the entrances are widened. Frustrating in this instance, perhaps, but a logical step in the right direction. And a *lot* better than when that risibly small lock was built on the Little Ouse, which is what led to the current policy. Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
