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Update
Preparatory works are already under way for 2021’s big project to remove the only remaining blockage on the Montgomery before the Welsh border Montgomery Update The Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust and its partners are continuing to gear up towards the big project for 2021: construction of Schoolhouse Bridge, to replace the causeway which was built to carry the road across the canal when the old bridge was removed, and which is now the only road blockage still to be removed on the English length of the canal. John Dodwell of MWRT brings us the latest...
Michael Limbrey
Originally, canals were the preferred means of transport over poor, badly constructed roads. Nowadays road transport takes precedence and we have had to build a temporary roadway before we can start rebuilding
Schoolhouse Bridge. Doesn’t look much, does it – that photo? (Taken before rolling the surface). But without it we wouldn’t even be able to think about starting our next phase of restoration. This photo means we’ve done the work I wrote about last time! The enabling works to rebuild Schoolhouse Bridge have started – this temporary roadway will be used as a diversion for heavy traffic when we close the lane to rebuild the bridge. Some people have said its surface is better than the lane itself! And what about Covid? Well, we welcomed WRG NorthWest in the autumn and managed social distancing OK. And we do have a local Premier Inn and a local Travelodge which people can – and did - use. Navvies 303 had a report about their work –
Enabling works are under way for the new Schoolhouse Bridge, including this diversionary roadway
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