The Canal and River Trust has appointed Arcadis, RSK and Geotechnical Engineering to provide technical expertise on maintaining its assets amidst the “growing challenge of climate change-driven storms and floods”.
The Canal and River Trust said it has put in place long-term framework contracts allowing it to call upon these companies…
Four Grade II listed lift bridges on the Oxford Canal are to undergo a £650,000 upgrade programme under the auspices of charitable organisation The Canal & River Trust.
The Chisnell, Shipton, Wolvercote and Perry’s lift bridges were built in the 18th century to allow access across the then recently constructed canal…
Canal & River Trust chief infrastructure and programmes officer Malcolm Horne and principal engineer Fred Hartley discuss how the trust manages over 3,000 bridge structures across its canals, rivers, docks and reservoirs. Most of these bridge structures are over 100 years old and require careful and frequent maintenance. Learn how the trust…
The future of the England and Wales’ canals systems is under threat following a £300M funding cut, the Canal & River Trust has said.
The Canal & River Trust is a charity that looks after England and Wales’ 200 year old waterways, which is part funded by the Department for Environment,…
Kier, working on behalf of the Canal & River Trust, has reached a major milestone on the £15M Toddbrook Reservoir upgrade as it has completed piling for the new overflow spillway channel.
Toddbrook Reservoir became the site of a national news story in August 2019 when the main dam almost collapsed…
The Canal & River Trust has begun work to repair the 200-year-old Leeds & Liverpool Canal, which suffered an embankment failure near Blackburn.
The collapse occurred on the night of 10 October at a point of weakness where the Hyndburn Brook joins the canal via a culvert. Following the failure, a…
Network Rail has begun essential works on Keadby Canal Bridge, also known as Vazon Railway Bridge, a unique sliding bridge in North Lincolnshire. The work comes after a structural fault was found earlier this month that prevented the signaler from being able to close the bridge, causing disruption on the…
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