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Regeneration of Marsworth is given approval

Published on Saturday 5 May 2012 08:00, Bucks Herald

APPROVAL has been given for a waterside residential development at Marsworth.

The application by British Waterways was for the building of 12 new dwellings and the conversion of the former carpenter’s workshop to provide a total of 13 new dwellings with new and upgraded boater’s facilities, . . . → Read More: Regeneration of Marsworth is given approval

Canal & River Trust | Regeneration | Waterway Communities | Waterway News | Waterway Politics

Big Society Bank to fund community projects

Government has announced plans to create a Big Society Bank (BSB) that will concentrate on funding projects that benefit society. Initially, the money will be sourced from dormant accounts in banks and building societies, which the British Banking Association estimate to contain some £400 million.

Some third sector finance specialists estimate the sum could be . . . → Read More: Big Society Bank to fund community projects

Regeneration | Waterway Communities

199 years on for Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway

17th Nov 2010

One hundred and ninety-nine years to the day the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (B&MK) was first proposed, the Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, outlined his vision of how the waterway is at the heart of plans to regenerate the locality.

He said that the opening of the dualled A421 would . . . → Read More: 199 years on for Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway

Regeneration | Waterway News

Huge London Gateway Project Moves Ahead

Dredging Today reports:

The London Gateway Project is one of the capitals largest construction sites on the former Shell Haven refinery near Stanford Le Hope. With a 1.5bn investment the site is being reclaimed and developed by DP World into the first major deep sea container port.Large scale land reclamation work is needed to build . . . → Read More: Huge London Gateway Project Moves Ahead

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New towpath on the River Lee

12th Nov 2010

To celebrate the completion of a £400,000 maintenance project on a stretch of the River Lee Navigation in Hackney, British Waterways is working together with Hackney Borough Council to encourage local people to step onto the newly opened towpath and re-discover their local waterways.

Improvement works to upgrade a section of towpath . . . → Read More: New towpath on the River Lee

Canal & River Trust | Maintenance | Regeneration | Restoration | Waterway News

British Waterways ‘unlocks’ the potential of volunteering

4th Nov 2010

As part of its scheduled move to the charitable sector, British Waterways has been developing its volunteer programme to improve the volunteering experience for those donating their time and increase the value they bring to the nation’s canals.

Integral to the plans has been the recruitment of . . . → Read More: British Waterways ‘unlocks’ the potential of volunteering

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Canal access improvements in Wolverhampton

1st Nov 2010

Local communities are enjoying cleaner, greener and more accessible waterways in Wolverhampton as a two-year canal access enhancement scheme nears completion.

British Waterways has worked in partnership with All Saints and Blackenhall Community Development’s (ABCD) New Deal For Communities project and other partners on the £425,000 transformation of an . . . → Read More: Canal access improvements in Wolverhampton

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Canals as a focus for community renewal

Once the butt of jokes about shopping trolleys and pollution, canals have, over the last decade, become an important focus for urban and rural renewal.

Half of our waterways flow through government priority areas for investment and regeneration, and British Waterways is influencing and enabling an estimated £10 billion worth of projects to revive waterfronts . . . → Read More: Canals as a focus for community renewal

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Llangollen – £15m marina plan at former chemical works

25 October 2010 |

Published by: Claire Gallagher, Wrexham & Flintshire News

The plans for a £15m marina in Cefn are continuing to gather support.

Dave Metcalfe, group leader of the Plas Kynaston Canal and Marina Group, said he was “amazed” by the response so far.

Mr Metcalfe said Wrexham Council was looking to . . . → Read More: Llangollen – £15m marina plan at former chemical works

Regeneration | Waterway Communities

New partnership to promote Stoke-on-Trent canals

A partnership which plans to strengthen the appeal of canals has been formed in Stoke-on-Trent.

The city council said it would work with a number of organisations, including British Waterways and Inland Waterways Association.

It added the group would work to apply planning policies that identified sites “that can bring forward high quality waterside environments”.

. . . → Read More: New partnership to promote Stoke-on-Trent canals

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