tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post3630654978698216334..comments2024-03-19T22:19:20.357+00:00Comments on Captain Ahab's Watery Tales: Newport Canal - NewportAndy Tidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-71652983156645226802011-06-03T12:38:37.492+01:002011-06-03T12:38:37.492+01:00The Norbury to Newport Canal Restoration CIC has n...The Norbury to Newport Canal Restoration CIC has now been officially launched.<br />The residents local to this canal, the only branch of the Shropshire Union not restored, being fed up with The Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust just talking for the last 10 years, decided to form their own Community Interest Company. The locals, totally against the Trust's plans to build a concrete and steel monstrosity, called an Inclined Plane, in the middle of our lovely countryside decided that the best way to be rid of these plans forever was to restore the canal as to close to Telfords original route as possible.<br />As many of you will have seen from Capt Ahab's blog, much of this canal is still in pretty good order, some sections still holding water.<br />Among our directors we have specialists in business, the environment,wildlife and recreation, and even people with first hand experience of restoring a similar canal (look out for the Droitwich opening shortly).<br />Shareholders are local residents, so they control what goes on.<br />It costs nothing to be a share holder, the only clause is that, should the CIC be wound up with debts, then each shareholder contributes one pound.Natural England are very interested and we have a meeting with them next week also, on the same day, a meeting with the right people at British Waterways<br />For more info contact Brian Maxfield on NTNCRCIC@aol.comNTNCRCIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833874352410105182noreply@blogger.com