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CRT winter works programme published
In early September the Canal & River Trust published its final works programme for the coming winter.
The full list features 137 individual projects taking place. This will involve 109 locks (including gate replacements), eight embankments, wash walls and canal beds, 14 bridges, four sluices, culverts and weirs and two tunnels.
Major projects include a full draining of Islington Tunnel in London, for brickwork repairs, graffiti removal and vegetation control, and major repairs to Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge, which crosses the River Weaver near Frodsham.
Winter boaters might be relieved…
12 September 2025
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Reed beds soften Nottingham canal bank
In an attempt to bring more wildlife into Nottingham city centre, a series of floating ecosystems are being installed on the Nottingham & Beeston Canal.…
11 September 2025
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Manchester moorers turn breach detectives
A long-standing leak on the Rochdale Canal, which slowly drained a marina in Manchester, seems to have been tracked down by boaters themselves.
For several…
11 September 2025
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Tragedy under boat canopy
A man died on his boat on the Shropshire Union’s Middlewich Arm after carbon monoxide accumulated underneath a boat canopy while the engine was running,…
11 September 2025
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IWA in call for HVO to lead decarbonisation
The Inland Waterways Association has called on the UK government to work on making Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) more readily available, after the Department for…
11 September 2025
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New two-way carrying on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
Commercial carrying continues on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, with two interesting new cargoes starting up.
Casper River & Canal Transport has started a…
08 September 2025
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CRT and Severn Trent in supply and maintenance deal
The Canal & River Trust is supplying water company Severn Trent with some of its dwindling supplies, in exchange for expensive maintenance on its reservoir…
08 September 2025
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Lichfield restoration gets another £200,000
The Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust has been awarded £200,000 by Lichfield District Council as it gears up to complete Phase 2 of the…
04 September 2025
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Accident report warns of high-speed RIB dangers
The Marine Accident Investigation Board has warned of the dangers of high-speed rigid inflatable boat (RIB) joyrides, especially in the front section of the boats,…
04 September 2025
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Protests over prolonged closure of the Anderton Boat Lift
The River Weaver Navigation Society has questioned the need for the current indefinite closure of the Anderton Boat Lift.
The Canal & River Trust is…
04 September 2025
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Council funding for Cam lock repairs
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is to give £500,000 to the River Cam Conservators towards the £1.5m cost of repairing Baits Bite Lock on the…
02 September 2025
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