Interesting comment from the BW Manager
Those who have been watching the preparation of the Barge Canal for reopening will note the dredging that has been taking place. The 'muck' in areas that I saw being dredged, has been taken by hopper to the dump site by canal/tug through any locks that have needed to be used. Locks need water and where has the feed been coming from - the River Salwarpe. When visiting Droitwich earlier in the year, the 'feed' was being supplied through the lock with both paddles fully raised Curcumstances do change during a project and think we would all be disappointed if there was no plan in place for an effective water supply for what ever state of opening is required John http://www.boatmail.co.uk - the mail forwarding specialist http://www.canalandriversidepubs.co.uk - all the waterway pubs --- In [email protected], Martin Phillips <mar...@...> wrote: > > Colin Shepherd wrote: > > We're off on our annual Rhiannon boys(!) cruise next week and were hoping to > > go up the Droitwich Barge Canal from the Severn. > > I had a meeting last week with the SW BW manager in whose area it falls. > The position is that there are a large number of issues to be sorted > before it can be opened, individually fairly small but collectively a > substantial problem. It is hoped (but not guaranteed) to open it later > this year; it will almost certainly not be open until after the August > peak in traffic; initial opening might be on a trial basis with > restrictions whilst final snagging is completed. One of the problems is > the need to avoid diluting the saline river Salwarpe which has an > interesting ecology. > > The junction canal's opening is still dependent on sorting the short > "missing link". > -- > Martin Phillips > mar...@... >
