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Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust |
Restored Uttoxeter Canal basin damaged by floods
Torrential rain in the Staffordshire Moorlands during the first week in December meant British Waterways water control staff were out through the night managing the reservoirs and sluices of the Caldon Canal to ensure safe levels and conditions were maintained. Meanwhile at Froghall a culvert carrying the Shirley Brook, managed by the County Council, became blocked and water swept across the Froghall Wharf picnic site, flooded the adjacent road and cascaded into the mooring basin.
Ramps and paths that provide access for all around the basin have been washed away, along with a wildlife pond constructed during the restoration of the basin and the lock connecting it to the Caldon Canal. Debris from the paths and also washed off the nearby car park has been deposited into the basin, amidst the mooring pontoons.
British Waterways Wales & Border Counties are still to prepare a plan of action to remedy the damage and all pedestrian access around the basin remains closed. (Boats are still able to use the first lock of the Uttoxeter Canal and enter the basin, and are using the mooring pontoons.)
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