[email protected] wrote: > On 25/08/2010 13:06, Adrian Stott wrote: > > But surely you should do the tunnel first! Otherwise, no matter how > > close navigation gets to Uttoxeter, few boats are going to make the > > trip. > Sorry maybe I wasn't being clear. I think most people would agree with > this, but what I was saying is that I'm not convinced we can make the > financial case for resolving the problem right now, before we have the > next section of the Uttoxeter under restoration, much as I'd like to.
Indeed, and similarly it's going to be tricky making the financial case for external funding to restore the next section (a few hundred yards from Froghall is a tricky main road crossing job which may cost several million) in the short term. On the other hand I gather that the Trust feels that restoring a much easier length some distance further down (initially as an isolated tripboat/trailboat section), using a high proportion of volunteer labour to bring costs down to what the Trust can raise, may well help to make the case for external funding for the Froghall road crossing in due course. Is that still the current thinking? Martin L
