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Guardian: Canals and towpaths will close, rivers could become unnavigable and tunnels could collapse if the government imposes 25% cuts as expected on Britain's inland waterway network, say the independent authors of a two-year study published today. The bleak warning from the Inland waterway advisory council (IWAC) says Britain's unique 5,000km long system of pre-Victorian canals and navigable rivers, which includes the Norfolk broads and much of the river Thames, is already financially ......
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United Kingdom: Inland waterways under threat from spending cuts
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 1st, 2010
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