After years of post-industrial TLC our rivers and canals are once again under threat. Nice one George.
The Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC) today warns that the UK’s navigable canals & rivers will be under threat if spending cuts go ahead as planned. The 5000km network of 19th century canals, along with the navigable River Thames and Norfolk Broads, require annual subsidies to the tune of £90million for their upkeep.
According to the report 25% cuts would mean “loss of towpaths and footpaths, reduced levels of maintenance, and reduced network size whereby sections are taken out of the navigable system”.
Not that anyone will listen. IWAC is about to be abolished under Osborne’s bonfire of the quangos.
http://www.iwac.org.uk/downloads/reports/IWAC_Waterway_Funding_Report.pdf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/01/inland-waterways-threatened-spending-cuts
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