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updates. One of
the highlights is the Marple Aqueduct – a Grade One listed structure that
carries the Peak Forest Canal as it links with the Huddersfield Narrow and the
Ashton and on into central Manchester – and now you might to get to see more
of it than in the past. Specialist
contractors with a head for heights are helping the aqueduct to shrug off the
trees, bushes and clinging ivy that have obscured it from view. They
will abseil around 100 feet from the Marple Aqueduct – also known as the Grand
Aqueduct - to carefully remove years of vegetation which has taken hold and has
been undermining the structure’s masonry.
Marple
Aqueduct is an impressive feature of the Peak Forest and is also designated as a
Scheduled Ancient Monument site. It carries the canal high above the River Goyt,
on three stone arches and was built between 1794 -1801. British
Waterways’ national vegetation contractors will be carrying out the works
which will take up to one week to complete. Mark
Ashton, contracts manager, British Waterways, said: “It will be a rare
opportunity to watch the contractors hanging over this magnificent aqueduct to
remove the overgrown vegetation which has built up over several years.
“The
work that we are doing today will be the first step in safeguarding this
important piece of local and national heritage for generations to come and
visually it will make a huge difference to its overall appearance.” An
application to Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to carry our further works to
underpin the structural integrity of the aqueduct is being considered in the
near future.
05/02/2012
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Grant
of £60,000 to encourage rare plant on the Monty Now
a rare floating water plantain is getting the chance to thrive on the canal,
thanks to a biodiversity grant from the Welsh government. The Montgomery
Canal is – apparently - one of the world’s leading sites for
the floating water plantain and is already a Site of Special Scientific Interest
for almost half its length and a Special Area of Conservation for its entire
length within Wales. The
£60,000 award will allow British Waterways’ ecologists to improve the canal
habitat. Work will include dredging near Brynderwyn Lock and trial management of
in-channel nature reserves. A
downloadable wildlife interpretation trail for visitors will also be created,
covering the stretch of canal from Welshpool Town Wharf to the nature reserve at
Whitehouse Bridge. Stuart
Moodie, ecologist, British Waterways said: “This is a great project to improve
the ecosystem and increase understanding of the importance of the wildlife on
the Montgomery Canal. The canal is already a well-loved attraction. The funding
will enable us to carry out vital dredging works. This will improve and protect
the natural habitats along the canal, which provide safe havens for its rare
creatures and plant life.” Reactions
to the news have been mixed, with one contributor to the BW website saying:
“Shame they can’t seem to find the money to restore the canal to its
intended purpose.” Another
asked what the long term strategy for this canal is. He said: “If it is
intended that the canal should be permanently and primarily a SSSI with priority
to flora and fauna, then its use as a navigable waterway must continue to be
restricted. I doubt that this was the intention of the restoration volunteers
without whom the canal would never have been re-opened.” Fears
that the plant would prevent navigation were dismissed by another contributor
who said: “Surface-covering? You obviously don't know that
'floating water plantain' hardly ever, er, floats... In most canal
locations it just lives on the bed, growing a few centimetres high.
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