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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

• bjective 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

• f 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 Bridge

Crowther 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

• ur recently recruited Craft Operative, Wayn Dawe

and an Agency operative.

Before After

Lock 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

• ne Team – that has the

capability to mobilise a piling

• peration 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 7

Below 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

• f 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

• n the lock island is about to be poured. The

widening work to the Towpath Side Lock is

• ngoing. 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

• ccasions collapsed into the
• culvert. There is a risk that if

the culvert becomes blocked,

• vertopping and flooding of

adjacent properties could

• ccur. 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 9 Lock 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 sides

Cut 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 2016

During 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

• ur website at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/boating/licensing-your-boat/enforcement

We had a total of 228 visitors to our

• pen 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.