Posts Tagged ‘stoppage’

Are you worried about short notice Caen Hill pumping station stoppage and water level dropping? Here’s a template letter to CRT.

Wednesday, December 28th, 2022

Many boaters were upset and angry to find out just before Christmas that CRT is planning to close the Caen Hill flight from 9th to 15th January to carry out a “stilling test” that will result in water levels in the Long Pound dropping significantly, and that boats were being told to travel down Caen Hill to avoid being grounded.

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Caen Hill to re-open on 19th December

Sunday, December 13th, 2015

The Caen Hill flight will re-open on 19th December at 8am according to CRT. However the towpath between locks 47 and 50 will remain closed until 23rd December and the full repairs to the towpath will not be carried out until February or March.

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Caen Hill closed again until December

Saturday, November 7th, 2015

 

CRT closed the Caen Hill flight until further notice on 30th October after engineers reported that the condition of the towpath and embankment had deteriorated further after the towpath between locks 48 and 49 was washed away.

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