Andrew Dyke wrote: > The DC will not be open by Easter 2010 and frankly I doubt it will all be > open by 2011. The plan was, as the website says, to open much earlier but > the recession hit and the planned development that was due to take place, > releasing vital 106 money is not now happening. The bit from the River > Severn to Droitwich Spa (Barge Canal) will, hopefully, open first. That > could happen this year but I have no date at the moment. There is still some > dredging work to do.
I wonder how a possible change of government might affect this - they are planning to do away with s106 agreements. Actually their planning green paper is worth a read, some interesting (and to my mind scary) changes in there. http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2010/02/New_homes_and_jobs_through_Open_Source_Planning.aspx Looking on the bright side, at least BW boss Tony Hales still feels positive about the prospects of it being finished: http://www.waterscape.com/blog/authors/tony/a-walk-along-the-droitwich-canals Steve NB Bream
