November 2001: Stage 4 has been cleared, but already it is begining to grow over again.
Mar 2003: We did are annual striming of weeds and stumping with BITM.
Phase 2, Stage 1 Progress Report
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Stage 1 (2005/2006) is the first of six main stages of relining the dry canal bed ready for re-watering and is 321 metres long and includes a 50m reinforced concrete towpath wall to form a short term mooring, one of four such moorings to be provided under Phase II.
CC's boundary to manhole E of Drayton B'champ Bridge No.5
The length has already been cleared. It requires annual striming of weeds.
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November 2001: Stage 4 has been cleared, but already it is begining to grow over again. |
Mar 2003: We did are annual striming of weeds and stumping with BITM. |
2005
Since April 2005, we have excavated the first fifty metres and also capped the old pipeline under the canal with a concrete raft.
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Work begins on Phase 2. |
Oct 2005.We have lined the first bit connecting to the work already done at Drayton Beauchamp |
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Aug 2006.A 14ft narrow has been constructed at the old sump and lined for10 metres |
Sep 2006. The first lined length. |
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March 2007: pipe capping . |
October 2007: The next lined length. |
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December 2007: Now in water. |
January 2008: One of the new moringbays is set out. |
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September 2008 the work done in the summer the next lined length. |
October 2008 the new moringbay wall r coming a long |
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JAN 2009 the new moringbay wall r coming a long |
Feb 2009 the moringbay is done and backfelled. |
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| The canal is now ready for the Bentomat lineing 2 be put in place | Aug2009 Bentomat and the concrete blocks are now in place a long the new Moringbay. |
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| Aug2009 The moring bay in now complete. |
Aug2009 Bentomat and the concrete blocks are now in place just need 2 back fill. |
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| Aug2009 The back fill is now in place .and is now complete. |
March 2010: we have had a bad winter we have moved on from the moring bay the end of stage 1 is now in site for us. |
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| April 2010: we have now come two the end of stage 1 we still got two line the bottom and put in a bund at the end of this pic. | April 2010: at last we have done all the banks on stage 1. |
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