Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Clocks go back -restoration marches on


With autumn well upon us  the Land & Water  team are now working towards the finishing line at Studley  Grange reporting works 80% completed. Kate Jones (project officer for the wildlife trail) is lining up a big team of local volunteers to start work on planting and installation of bat and bird boxes and interpretation boards as soon as the towpath surface is completed  and the site  is handed back  to the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust.

The Project Board met this week  to review progress on current projects and this time to  appoint Sheila Wade as Project Manager for 7 Locks and to approve the scope for  a project  that  will initially manage the current site and go on to  seek planning permissions to complete Locks 1-5.

Following the AGM approval for the change in management structure for WBCT details of the proposals are being discussed  with an aim to create an executive team as soon as possible.

...and finally – great news from the Boat Team -this year’s Santa trips are 80% booked already  and the work on skew bridge is due to be completed shortly, the scaffolding removed  and the canal reopened to allow trips back to Kingshill.

 Ken Oliver

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