Mack, David wrote: > On 24/06/2010 16:52, Bruce Napier wrote: >> I've just said this in the blog: >> >> >>> For my money, we'd be better to mothball some of the less popular >>> and badly maintained routes until the wheel turns again, rather than >>> struggle to keep the whole system going. That would lead to an >>> acrimonious debate about which canals to close down for a bit, of >>> course, but I'm thinking of the ones which spend a lot of their time >>> stopped anyway, so K&A, Huddersfield Narrow, Rochdale above >>> Manchester... >>> >>> I await the howls of rage! > > Not so much of howls of rage, but the HNC and Rochdale were restored to > navigable condition, including the construction of some new lengths of > canal, with large sums of lottery money. I'm sure I've read somewhere > that a condition of the funding was that they be maintained in a > navigable condition for some minimum period - 25 years? 50 years? So > closing them would require BW to give the money back. Cheaper to keep > them open!
Yes, they already found that out with Standedge Visitor Centre! -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
