Tuesday 22 October 2013

New Blog Wilts & Berks Canal

Hi & welcome!
This is a new blog which I hope will keep  you up to date  up  with progress on the restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal .
It was good to meet many members of the Trust on Saturday at the AGM. If you were there I hope you had the opportunity   to  look at the new canal. . You will have noticed that the water level is somewhat below  normal at present . Swindon Borough Council are about to hand over operation of this section of the canal and as part of the planned early  works  the Trust's engineering  team are intending to address this issue as a priority.
This week I have been working on further plans  to attract funding for the Melksham Link  and on Thursday I will be working with Project Manager Paul Lenaerts to plan the scheduling of the many tasks that still need to be carried.
Today I took part  in the weekly conference call with Kath Hatton & Chris Coyle. This new blog is the result  of our resolve to make it easier for anyone who is interested to  find out what is happening with the very fast moving  Wilts & Berks project. The Dauntsey Lock Canal Centre  featured heavily  in todays discussion. It is very encouraging to see over £6000  already donated.
Tomorrow is the deadline for a funding request to build the new slipway at Melksham . Martin Stubbs  has been collating a huge amount of information . Wednesday is also the next meeting to progress negotiations on access to the canal at Dauntsey.

I would be very interested to  know your reaction to this blog and what other information you might like to see. Email canals@wiltshire.gov.uk

Ken Oliver

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