British Waterways withdraws from the Cotswolds

It’s sad to read the news that British Waterways are withdrawing from the Cotswold Canals Partnership from April 2008.

With the government cuts to their funding and the need to find the money to repair the breach on the  Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal it was inevitable that something had to be cut.

It looks like the short arm of the Stroudwater Navigation at Saul Junction will be the only used section for a little longer than hoped.

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 07:16

 

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1. Hi,
   my “spies” in brimscombe reckon the remainder of the Cotswold Canals partners, are pretty resigned to the fact that they’ll have to try to raise what would have been BW’s share by going elsewhere for these funds…they just hope the withdrawn funds will be spent on the Mon and Brec OR to save BW jobs, both of seem under severe scrutiny..
   such is life , eh ?

   PW (falkirk)

   Comment by Peter Walker — On 25-02-08 at 16:02

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