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The Macclesfield Canal has
become the first ever canal to be
awarded Keep Britain Tidy’s
coveted Green Flag Award
The 26 mile Macclesfield
Canal is one of 239 parks and
green spaces across the North
West who are proudly flying a
Green Flag Award, after being
judged to be some of the best
in the country.
The Trust MEICA/SCADA team are installing a mobile communication network within Harecastle Tunnel. The
objective is to enable boating customers to contact the emergency services from within the tunnel should the need
arise
Propagation testing was initially undertaken by Vodafone and their specialist contractor .NET to ensure the
proposed system would work. Once this testing was proven to give a reliable mobile signal throughout the length
of the tunnel an order was placed.
Vodafone have now installed transmitters at the fan house on the south portal and inside the tunnel keepers hut at
the north portal. The transmitters link to mobile cells and send the mobile signal into the tunnel from each portal.
Contractors are currently on site commissioning and testing the equipment which is likely to be completed by 22nd
April. Upon completion The Trust will test the system. The Fire service have requested an invite during the test.
Users on the Vodafone network will be able to make voice calls from inside the tunnel. Uses on other networks will
be able to make emergency calls (999)
The project cost is 35k. Manchester & Pennine Waterway and the IWA have assisted with the project. Special
thanks to Mr Jon Honeysett for kindly taking Trust staff through the tunnel during the initial testing.
Breach between Lock
17 and 16: Breach through
embankment approx.2m
high through adjacent
allotments into River Calder.
Approx.15mtr section has
failed. Waste weir on this
section also failed. Boil in
the bed of the canal
upstream of the waste weir.
Landslip at Cutting
17 (between Locks
15 and 16): Channel
blocked. Kier mobilised
to dig a channel to install
temporary pipes to allow
a bypass flow. House at
the top of the slip has
lost part of the driveway.
Towpath has scoured on
ramps adjacent to 14 x
Locks and in many
places the service ducts
are exposed
Severe damage due
to overtopping
between Lock 12 and
11.
Void in Towpath between Br 2 and 3
3 x boats hung up: Lock 19, Stoodley Weir,
Lock 14
Severe river erosion at Embankment 13
Severe overtopping damage
Severe towpath damage
Van in the river at Hebden Bridge
Elland Road BridgeCrowther Bridge (Council owned)
• Destination Management Plan completed − Local Stakeholders interviewed
− Wants and needs of users explored and evaluated
− Researched local area and competition to ensure there
was a need for the current offer
− Evaluate the use of owned assets to ensure they are
used to maximum potential
• Recruitment of Summer team− Including new Visit England course for
Exceeding Customer Expectations
• Investment into the Café − New Coffee Machine
− Multi Deck Chiller
• Trip Boat Refurbishment – thus protecting our assets for the future
• Sale of Event Space in the Thomas Borne Room, 50% increase year on year
• Increase in School Trips increased by 50% to date
Below Lock
14 Wash-out /
scouring
damage from
flood water.
Note – the
exposed cable
/ fibre-optic
ducts exposed.
After – Cable
ducts suitably
protected (
and positions
recorded )
and the
towpath
reinstated
and top-
dressed.
After
Stubbins Wharf –
Typical of the damage
incurred along the
Rochdale Canal.
Lock 11W HNC Off Side Quadrant. Repair
involved hand digging to a suitable level, installing
concrete ‘mini-piles’ by hand, concrete foundation
and wall rebuild. All of this work was undertaken by
our recently recruited Craft Operative, Wayn Dawe
and an Agency operative.
Before AfterLock 9 Ashton canal Due to the extent of
masonry repairs within Lock
9, all to be pointed with lime
mortar, the decision was
made to encapsulate the
lock. Cape / Vinci undertook
the scaffold works.Encapsulated lock
Before During After T&M Embankment
repairs Bridge 209 All works undertaken with
one Team – that has the
capability to mobilise a piling
operation to all locations
Macclesfield Canal
Bosley Lock 7 Head
Gate replacement
Rochdale Canal Lock 91 Tail ramp
paving repairs.Note special order
paviors with imprinted rope pattern.
Piling at Anderton
Peak Forest – Captain Clarke’s Bridge 7Below waterline void.
Before During After
Before During After
Bosley Reservior WIORS
Ollershaw Lane Bridge
Lock 63 Stabilisation
Knowsley Road Bridge
Dredging – HNC West
High proportion D and E
Assets packages
National Lock Grouting:
Peak Forest Lock 6
Peak Forest Lock 14
Peak Forest Lock 15
Macclesfield Lock 4
HNC Lock 24W
Project, completed February 2016, to
undertake essential masonry repairs to
the bridge caused by vehicle impact and
settlement as well as the installation of
traffic lights to prevent future damage.
The Project was part funded by Cheshire
West and Chester Council with a total
cost of circa £170k
Old deck and parapets dismantled, repointing and repairs to abutments above and
below water level, old outer beams and parapets refurbished and painted so that they
can be re-installed to replicate the appearance of the bridge, inner bridge beams
replaced with pre-cast units, new concrete deck, waterproofing, resurfacing, reprofiling
of bridge approaches and repairs to a collapsed section of towpath wall, ramp handrail
repainted.
Before
After
DURING: The piling work to stabilise the
Offside Lock on the far left is complete. The
concrete for the tie beams and waling beams
on the lock island is about to be poured. The
widening work to the Towpath Side Lock is
ongoing. Work that you can’t see is leak
sealing, replacing masonry, pinning masonry,
grouting, repointing work, repairs to invert,
sealing leaks on interconnecting culvert,
bywash culvert repairs. Work completed by
Direct Services – 3 gates changes and 2
sets of stop plank grooves re-lined.
AFTER This shows how the lock was
reinstated to better than when we
arrived; lock arcs reinstated in brick
paving rather than concrete, relaying
quadrants, paving reinstated where it
had subsided, turfing to allow boaters
to use the lock as soon as work
complete.
Before
The by-wash culvert, known
as Tail Goit Culvert, which is
associated with Lock 26E
has collapsed. The culvert
passes below the lock by-
wash, which has on several
occasions collapsed into the
culvert. There is a risk that if
the culvert becomes blocked,
overtopping and flooding of
adjacent properties could
occur. This project will aim
to determine the cause of the
collapse and leakage into the
culvert and then repair the
culvert or the wash wall or
both.
The aim of the investment is to create a traffic free
cycle / multiuser route along the Manchester, Bolton
and Bury Canal from Radcliffe towards Farnworth,
Bolton. The route would serve large residential areas
including Farnworth, Little Lever and Radcliffe. The
investment in the canal towpath forms part of wider
plans to develop Radcliffe into a cycle friendly district.
The surface of the canal towpath varies in quality and
west of Radcliffe is only passable by mountain bikes
and is not currently suitable as a commuter route.
The route will also link up with other existing and
proposed cycle routes linking the town centres and
residential areas.
The proposed multi-user route stretches for 3.3km
between Basin Lock 1 to Bridge 17a School Street
footbridge.
• Prioritisation of worst leaking locks nationally
• Significant proportion in the M&P region
• £400k – November to March 2016
• Polyurethane resin injection to target leaks and seal their flow paths
• Successful process and heritage approved
• Numerous listed structures have been worked on
• Prevents further deterioration and reduces failure likelihood
National Lock Grouting 15/16 – Locks 3, 6, 9, 14,
15 PF Marple, Lock 4 Macc and 24w HNC -
£340k spent across M&P on 7 locks combined
(photos attached)
All locks included in the Winter programme were
prioritised due to issues with leakage.
Polyurethane resin injection was undertaken at
all of these; once injected, on contact with water
it spreads to follow its path and solidifies to seal
the leaks and stabilise the ground behind the
lock walls. This method has been used
extensively across locks (including listed
structures) nationwide for several years as a
non-intrusive, but targeted approach to solving
lock defects associated with leakage.
Marple Retaining Wall
The collapsed section of retaining wall below
Lock 7 on the Marple flight is planned for repair
during the Winter stoppage season, from the
beginning of January 2017. The repair will be a
reinforced concrete retaining wall, with reclaimed
masonry facing and the section of adjacent road
will be re-aligned back to its original line
alongside the canal.
Lock 9Lock 15
M&P Washwall Repairs 16/17
As part of a rolling programme to prioritise high risk sections of
washwall across the M&P region, approximately 100m of wall
will be repaired close to Bridge 207 on the T&M, using trench
sheets and anchor tie backs, where the existing concrete
coping has failed. Further works to other nearby sections on
the T&M will be completed from 17/18 onwards.
• Repair assets in the Manchester and Pennine Waterway
• Improve condition grade from D/E to C or better
• Priority list for the next 4 years
• Programme of repairs to be completed over stoppage seasons
Macclesfield Richmond Hill retaining Wall
Rochdale Embankment 19 breach repair
Rochdale Cutting 17 slip repair
Peak Forest River Tame Aqueduct
MB&B towpath upgrade
HNC Tail Goit Culvert
Peak Forest collapsed retaining Wall
Rochdale Canal Flood Response Programme
Washwall repairs programme 16/17 17/18
Canal From To Year Description
Macclesfield Bridge 19 Watery Lane 2016-2018 Spot dredging
Trent & Mersey Durose
Bridge
Forge Bridge 2019-2020 Mainline
Peak Forest Bridge 7
Captain Clarks
Bridge 15 Romily
Bridge
2018-2019 Mainline
Peak Forest Bridge 3 Well
Bridge
Bridge 7 Captain
Clarks
2019-2020 Mainline
Rochdale 100m
upstream of
Bridge 57
Coppy Bridge
Bridge 58A
Deepdale Swing
Bridge
2019-2020 Mainline
Macclesfield Bridge 10 Bridge 35 2017-2018 Spot dredging
Trent & Mersey Harecastle
Tunnel South
Bridge 128A 2018-2019 Spot dredging
Macclesfield Bridge 49
Royal Oak
Swing bridge
Bridge 95
Knowsley Bridge
2019-2020 Spot dredging
Winter Stoppage Dates
Draft stoppage programme for 2016/17
(subject to change)
Agreed rational for Canals
• 153 High Priority Works
• 16 Gate replacements
• 37 Other Stoppages
Typically rural locations with soft
bank
Cut to 100mm high, trodden towpath
and 0.5m either side of the towpath,
typically every 6-12 weeks. Cut full width
to 100mm high at least once every year
Typically urban areas, all moorings and
lock sidesCut full width to 50mm high typically every 2-3
weeks throughout the season.
Cut full width to 100mm high at least once every
year
Typically urban / rural fringe with a hard edge
Cut to 50mm high from water's edge, extending
to 0.5m to the rear of the towpath, typically every
3-4 weeks throughout the season, retaining rear
verge. Cut around bench to 100 mm high. Cut full
width to 100mm high at least once every year
Typically urban /rural fringe with soft bank
Cut 0.5m either side of the towpath for typically
every four to six weeks throughout the season.
Cut around bench to 100 mm high. Cut full width
to 100mm high at least once every year.
Find out more at canalrivertrust.org.uk
Customers without a home mooring – Monitoring review March 2016During the first year, just over 5600 licences for boats without a declared mooring became
due for renewal. In line with the new process, their movement patterns were reviewed.
More information on our Enforcement Team and the CC Monitoring Process can be found on
our website at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/boating/licensing-your-boat/enforcement
We had a total of 228 visitors to our
open day at lock 63 on the T&M, 8 new
friends sign up and 2 people leaving
their details to volunteer with us!
Facts and Figures:
• 5675 days (39,732 hours)
• 3445 hours of which is on the Rochdale canal flooding work from December –
March which is still ongoing
• Total M&P volunteer hours is equivalent to £626,813 using HLF rates
• 18 Adoptions (5 more pending)
• 22 Volunteer Lock Keepers
• 308 days (2156 hours) youth volunteer engagement (16 – 24 year olds)
• 60+ volunteer groups
• Social Value / Evidence Impact
• Share the Space
• Events Management / Involvement
• Marketing & Tourism
• Manchester Literature Festival
• GMCA Devolution
• Arts Council Strategic Touring Fund
• Green Flag – Living Waterway External Awards
• PSPO – consultation complete, consultees being
contacted.
• Detailed design underway.
Waiting for……
Peter Birch – dredging stats
David – undercroft update