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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May 2010 May 2010
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May 2010

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