It seems like an age ago that we were watching the tv and being told of an impending disaster as the Toddbrook reservoir spill way was in danger of breaching and the town of Whaley bridge was being evacuated. As in all good disaster movies the event was avoided and all was well.... apart form the cost to C&RT for the repair . I took the opportunity to have a ride that way the other day while out for a longish shopping trip to Screwfix !
What a work of art it is to incur costs to all canal users.... banksmen on the road below trying to stop traffic - I rode by. All the site is protected from prying eyes by hundreds of yards of hoarding all nicely painted, The fella sitting in his road sweeper truck watching vids ( I presume ) on his phone - very little site work being done as evidenced by the chains on the gates. Goodness knows what the ongoing daily costs are are who is clerking the works and signing off the bills and the need for the 'extras' ?
I'm sure some of it is needed and the repair certainly, but please for the love of all the canals please C&RT get on with it and reduce the costs where you can - it must be costing us thousands of pounds each day ....
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