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We’ve published our Annual Report for 2024/25, which sets out the scale of work undertaken to safeguard the nation’s historic canals and their modern-day contribution to society. Highlights from the report Over the year, and in the face of the rising cost of materials, additional environmental regulation and more extreme weather events, we delivered wide-ranging…

We are to begin the construction phase of a multi-million-pound scheme to upgrade the reservoir. Slaithwaite Reservoir The statutory maintenance and improvement works will strengthen the centuries-old structure against the impacts of climate change and improve the performance of the reservoir’s overflow spillway – which channels away water when the reservoir is full.  History of…

We’re set to deliver a wide-ranging programme of major maintenance and preservation works over the coming winter months to help keep our historic canal network navigable. Works will span 45 canals and rivers and include 137 separate projects at more than 100 locks, 14 bridges, two tunnels and a host of embankments, sluices, culverts and…

We’re starting an eight-week programme of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks, which will improve conditions for navigation and benefit boaters, local businesses and tourism. Protecting the docks We’re set to remove silt that has entered the docks from the River Severn this summer as water was pumped from the river to ensure the daily water…